A claimant who had been injuired in a road traffic accident in Germany issued proceedings in England and the matter proceeded to trial. The defendant's expert witness's report had been translated from German and had been certified as correct.

Relevance:     General

Topics:           Judicial criticism

Simon Berney-Edwards, EWI Chief Executive, catches up with a member as they reflect on a recent bad experience and share their learning.

An expert on Lebanese Banking Law has been criticised for his tendency to advocate , and evidence the expert had given in another case led to judge being concerned about the expert's reliability due to lack of atttention to detail.

Topics:           Experts’ duties

                        Impartiality

                        Concurrent expert evidence (‘hot-tubbing’) 

Judgment highlights a partisan expert, excellent practice from three experts, and the lengths the other side might go to discredit your expert evidence.   

Topics:           Negligence                 

Suicide risk

Involuntary admission

Expert’s publications

Relevance:     General

Topics:           Reasoning

Mr Justice Mostyn provides an important reminder about the impartiality of experts, referencing Lord Hamblen’s speech at the recent EWI conference.

Topics:                       Asylum

                                    Post-traumatic stress disorder

                                    Vulnerable person

                                    Trafficking

                                    Patient Health Questionnaire-9

                                    Mini-Mental State Examination