3 April Case Updates Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam) General, Admissibility, Psychology, Parental alienation, Unregulated Experts, Protected titles “When is a psychologist not a psychologist?”
3 April Case Updates GKE v Gunning [2023] EWHC 332 (KB) General, Psychology, Psychiatry, Breach of Duty, Field of expertise, Counselling, Boundary violation “Is counselling therapy?”
3 April Case Updates Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain [2023] EWHC 89 (KB) Personal injury, Psychiatry, Adjustment Disorder, Psychiatric Injury “Is psychiatric injury a personal injury for the purposes of the State Immunity Act 1978?”
3 April Case Updates MQ, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 205 (Admin) General, Ultimate issue, Asylum cases, Procedural rules “How to ensure that your expert report is inadmissible”
3 April Case Updates BDW Trading Ltd v Lantoom Ltd [2023] EWHC 183 (TCC) General, Range of Opinion, Geology, Substance of Instruction, Assistance “If you cannot give a simple answer …”
3 April Case Updates Barlow, Application by the Secretary of State in the case of, [2023] PBRA 20 Psychology, Psychiatry, Expert's meeting “The Parole Board adopts experts’ meetings”
30 March Giving Oral Evidence Volte-face: When an expert changes their mind in the witness box Sir Martin Spencer, told us more about the case and explains why experts shouldn’t be afraid to change tack.
7 February Case Updates Robinson v Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust v Mercier [2023] EWHC 21 (KB) General, Dentistry, Maxillofacial surgery “Successful appeal against third party costs order made against expert.”
7 February Case Updates Kaye v Lees [2023] EWHC 152 (KB) Psychiatry “Need to know more about the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020?”
7 February Case Updates RGRE Grafton Ltd v Bewleys Café Grafton Street Ltd [2023] IEHC 25 General, Ultimate issue, Cross-examination, Architecture, Stained glass, Evidence of fact v expert evidence “What is a window?”