6 February Case Updates Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Merit Merrell Technology Ltd [2018] EWHC 1577 (TCC) Equality of arms, Late emergence of evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “Trial by ambush”
20 December Case Updates McQuaid v McQuaid (Re Estate of Terence Benedict McQuaid) [2022] NICh 18 Testamentary capacity, Psychiatry, Documentary evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements “Would you play on an uneven playing field?”
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, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 06. Rules and Regulations, 15. Giving Oral Evidence 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.
25 October Case Updates R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis, 07. Receiving Instructions, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 08. Working with Instructing Parties “Can your paper trail be followed?”
25 October Case Updates Wegner v Murphy [2022] IEHC 525 Medical experts, Redacted reports, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “What if I am provided with incomplete or redacted medical records?”
25 October Case Updates Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mailley [2022] EWHC 2328 (QB) Psychiatry, Hoarding disorder, ICD/DSM, Disability, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Does your diagnosis have to be in a recognised international classification?” Relevance: Psychiatry
25 October Case Updates Hertfordshire County Council v Mothers [2022] EWFC 106 Duty of Expert, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing “Getting named as the expert in a family case” The case: a fact-finding hearing in respect of children
11 October Day in the life The Expert in Clinical Microbiology 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits We spoke to an Expert in Clinical Microbiology
10 October Day in the life The ever changing world of illicit drugs 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Fiona Coope - Business Manager for Environmental Scientifics Group Forensics
4 October Day in the life A day in the life of a Metallurgy Expert Witness 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Eur Ing SIMON CLARKE, Metallurgist