20 July Day in the life A day in the life of an Expert Fire Engineer 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, Grenfell Tower, 06. Rules and Regulations Glenn Horton Fire Engineer
6 July News A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST: EXPERT IN THE CRIMINAL COURT Child Witnesses and their Evidence in Court by Dr Anthony W Baker (Part 1) In this series of three articles concerning the expert opinions of a child psychiatrist in a criminal case when children (under 18y) are involved as witnesses, three main aspects will be explored.
1 July News EWI Annual General Meeting passes amendments to Articles of Association The 2021 Annual General Meeting considered organizational performance over the last year, 2021-22 membership subscriptions, changes to the Articles of Association and received the results of the Board Elections
15 June Case Updates De Sena v Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch) Negligence, Breach of Duty, Nature of Expertise, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing The case: a claim brought by the claimants against the defendants in relation to a corporate demerger which took place in relation to a family company.
15 June Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Declaration, Duty of Expert, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
15 June Case Updates Widdowson v Liberty Insurance Limited, NHS Grampian, NHS Highland [2021] CSOH 15 Negligence, Guidelines, 11. Report Writing The case: Mr Widdowson was seriously injured in a road traffic accident and subsequently died of his injuries on 11 January 2016.
15 June Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Duties of the Expert, Language, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The case: a claim arising out of the sale, by the Claimants (and the other shareholders) to the Defendant of their shareholdings contending that they were induced to sell by actionable misrepresentations, some of which were fraudulent, which also amounted to negligent misstatements.
15 June Case Updates NB v MI [2021] EWHC 224 (Fam) Capacity cases, Psychology, Psychiatry, Capacity to marry, Wisdom, 06. Rules and Regulations The case: an application for a declaration of non-recognition of a marriage formed on 1 June 2013 in Pakistan under sharia law. In 1995 the applicant at the age of six was involved in a major car accident and suffered a catastrophic brain injury. There was understandably a serious impact on the applicant’s mental health and cognitive functioning.
15 June Case Updates Criterion Buildings Ltd v McKinsey and Co Inc (United Kingdom) [2021] EWHC 216 (Ch) Impartiality, Independence, 11. Report Writing Nature of case: a claim for sums in respect of service charges said to be due under leases.