7 August Case Updates R v Beggs [2023] NICA 24 Personal injury, Psychology, Learning disability, Psychiatry, reliability, Sexual assault medicine, ABE interview, Down syndrome, Genital injury, Menopause, Penetration “Beware opining on the reliability of a complainant”
7 August Case Updates Crumlish v Health Service Executive [2023] IEHC 202 General, Literature, Oncology, Tumour growth rates, "Doubling Time" “Confirmation bias and confidence limits”
7 August Case Updates CD v BB [2023] IEHC 204 General, Psychiatry, Reasoning, litigation capacity, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Frontal Assessment Battery “Unnecessary detail”
7 August Case Updates Z (A Child: No.2: Welfare Decision) [2023] EWFC 61 Psychology, Psychiatry, Social work, Therapy-availability and cost “What if the parent cannot afford to pay for the recommended therapy?”
7 August Case Updates Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v JMC [2023] EWCOP 14 Psychiatry, Capacity, Section 49, Mental Capacity Act “Is a section 49 report an expert report?”
7 August Case Updates Wyrebek v Circuit Court, Gliwice, Poland [2023] EWHC 951 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Psychiatry, Psychometric testing, Intellectual/learning disability “The value of psychometric testing”
7 August Case Updates Rowbottom v The Estate of Peter Howard, Deceased [2023] EWHC 931 (KB) General, Expert's duty, Accident reconstruction “Don’t try to pull the wool over the judge’s eyes”
7 August Starting your Expert Witness Business Lynch v Government of the United States of America [2023] EWHC 876 (Admin) General, Expertise “This month’s inexpert expert”
4 August Giving Oral Evidence Judgment provides illustration on what makes a good or bad Expert Witness The case of CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust makes essential reading for Expert Witnesses.
21 July Starting your Expert Witness Business The changing face of the Expert Witness How can experts adapt and grow professionally in an ever-changing environment?