6 January News Considerations for expert witnesses in the face of dishonest claimants 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints David Stothard, Managing Director at MAPS Medical, examines a recent High Court case in which six medical expert witnesses were involved, which was ultimately dismissed as a result of the claimant’s dishonesty.
3 January Case Updates Re AB (Child Abuse: Expert Witnesses) [1994] EWHC Fam 5 Child abuse, Experts duty, Paediatrics, Brittle bone density, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints “The hazards of flying a kite in court”
3 January Case Updates Lehman Brothers Holdings Scottish v Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc [2021] EWCA Civ 1523 (CA) Nature of expert evidence, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence “Do experts give evidence of fact?”
20 December Case Updates Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Co v John Eskenazi Ltd [2022] EWHC 3023 (Comm) Report drafting, Expert oral testimony, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence “Not football but art history”
20 December Case Updates Baybasin, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 2781 (Admin) Psychology, Psychiatry, Risk assessment, Security Catagorisation, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence “The risks of making a risk assessment”
20 December News 2022 in Review: Expert Evidence under scrutiny 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Maintaining your professional edge EWI Chief Executive Officer, Simon Berney-Edwards, shares his thoughts on 2022, a year where Expert Witnesses have faced increasing scrutiny.
7 December News Attack on expert's credibility rejected Expert evidence, Credibility, Cross-examination, reliability, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence We have often drawn attention to cases in which claims regarding experts’ unreliability were supported, so we feel it is important to highlight counter-examples
5 December News Modes of address in courts and tribunals 14. Giving Oral Evidence Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals have announced an immediate change in practice.
14 November News Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
4 October Day in the life A day in the life of an Expert Witness at UK Planning Inquiries 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Maintaining your professional edge Lachlan Robertson, Planning Inspector