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R v Dunleavy [2021] EWCA Crim 39
Case Updates

R v Dunleavy [2021] EWCA Crim 39

Issues:             Admissibility of expert evidence

                        Autistic spectrum disorder

                        Theory of mind

                        Admissibility of evidence

                        Mens rea

                        Appeal

Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69
Case Updates

Z v University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust [2020] EWCOP 69

Relevance:      General

                        Neurology

 

Topics:            Records

                        Consent to examination

                        Substance of all material instructions

                        Qualified opinion

The Government of the United States of America v Assange (2020) Westminster Magistrates’ Court
Case Updates

The Government of the United States of America v Assange (2020) Westminster Magistrates’ Court

‘Those bloody books’

 

Relevance:            General

                              Psychiatry

 

Topics:                   Extradition

                              Impartiality

                              Duty to court

                              Suicide risk

                              Autistic spectrum disorder

MN v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1746
Case Updates

MN v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1746

Relevance:       Medical

                        Psychiatry

                        Forensic medicine

 

Topics:            Ultimate issue

                        Credibility

                        Clinical plausibility

                        Trafficking

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