19 April Case Updates Replacing Expert Witnesses: Expert shopping or genuine concern? Recent judgment considered the grounds for an application to replace two experts with one new expert and what documents should be disclosed.
6 April Giving Oral Evidence The importance of getting your CV right and preparing for court Recent case demonstrates how your credibility can be affected before you have even stepped into the court room.
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.”