26 August Case Updates Ihenacho v The London Borough of Croydon [2021] EWCA Crim 798, 2021 WL 02143805 Fitness to stand trial, Psychiatry, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Fitness to plead and stand trial
26 August Case Updates C v DT [2021] SC GLA 37, 2021 WL 02169444 Bias, Forced marriage, Socio-cultural evidence, Records, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Topics: Forced marriage Socio-cultural evidence Records Bias
24 August Case Updates Crosby v Wakefield MBC, Leeds County Court, unreported, 24 January 2020 Change of opinion, Independence, Range of Opinion, Criticism of a party's legal team, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Topics: Independence Change of opinion Range of opinion Criticism of a party’s legal team
23 August Case Updates Gardiner v Tabet [2021] EWHC 563 (Ch), 2021 WL 00965862 Testamentary capacity, Psychiatry, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Testamentary capacity
23 August Case Updates R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306, 2021 WL 00848726 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Gross negligence, Free will, Voluntariness, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Voluntariness Free will Gross negligence manslaughter
2 August News A CHILD PSYCHIATRIST: EXPERT ROLES IN THE CRIMINAL COURT The Perspective of Child Witnesses in Court by Dr Anthony W Baker (Part 2) 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits The second article in this series relates to the psychological and social impact on child witnesses because of their exposure to criminal incidents - in whatever capacity, including their experience of giving their testimony.
20 July Day in the life A day in the life of an Expert Fire Engineer 05. Rules and Regulations, 06. Receiving Instructions, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Glenn Horton Fire Engineer
15 June Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Declaration, Duty of Expert, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
15 June Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Duties of the Expert, Language, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits The case: a claim arising out of the sale, by the Claimants (and the other shareholders) to the Defendant of their shareholdings contending that they were induced to sell by actionable misrepresentations, some of which were fraudulent, which also amounted to negligent misstatements.
9 March News New Template: Information for people attending an appointment with an Expert 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits EWI is grateful to member Andrew Quaile who has shared his template with Members so they can make use of it too.