30 April Case Updates Legal teams need to observe Expert’s fatigue & concentration Patent, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 12. Responding to questions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence This was a significant and well reported patent case which was determined in the Intellectual Property List within the High Court last autumn. The technical aspects of the case required significant expert input from the panel involved. The cross-examinations performed by leading Counsel for the parties were lengthy and complicated. This led to confusion over what evidence was given when the transcripts were re-visited on subsequent trial days. The case shows how consideration should be given to experts who are being cross-examined so not to overload them with questions and information on the stand.
26 August Case Updates King v Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 1576 (QB) Psychology, Patent, Psychiatry, Nervous shock, Secondary victims, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Psychiatry Psychology Topics: Nervous shock Secondary victims
6 October Case Updates Reactec Limited v Curotec Team Limited [2020] CSOH 77, 2020 WL 04369591 Conflicts of interest, Patent, Expert declaration, Scottish Civil Procedure, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Civil procedure in Scotland Patent cases Topics: Expert declaration Conflict of interest