14 December News The responsibility of experts in relation to their written evidence 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties A cautionary tale from a recent judgment from the Patents Court highlights an expert's responsibility.
27 July Case Updates Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Limited [2020] EWHC 1581 (TCC), 2020 WL 03272792 Conflicts of interest, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Relevance: General Topics: Conflict of interests
6 July Case Updates Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 08. Working with Instructing Parties Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees
1 March Case Updates General Medical Council v Zafar [2020] EWHC 846 (Admin), [2020] 4 WLUK 134 Impartiality, Dishonesty, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “Factory work” Relevance: General Topic: Impartiality Dishonesty
5 November News Essential Do’s and Don’ts for Expert Witnesses 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. Responding to questions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The expert is now closely regulated by the rules. Provided that they conduct themselves in an honest, competent and careful professional manner they are unlikely to transgress the rules. However, experience has shown that there are pitfalls, pitfalls which may have serious consequences.