ERE Pledge is now under the custodianship of the Expert Witness Institute ERE Pledge is now under the custodianship of the Expert Witness Institute

ERE Pledge is now under the custodianship of the Expert Witness Institute

The Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses (ERE) Pledge has transferred from its founding host organisation (AlixPartners) to the custodianship of...
We all can and do make errors and omissions We all can and do make errors and omissions

We all can and do make errors and omissions

Having written in Hospital Update, 48 years ago, about routine parenteral thiamine alongside prophylaxis or treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms,...
Cleveland Potash Limited v The Honourable Mrs Ferelith Drummond & Ors [2026] EWHC 1182... Cleveland Potash Limited v The Honourable Mrs Ferelith Drummond & Ors [2026] EWHC 1182...

Cleveland Potash Limited v The Honourable Mrs Ferelith Drummond & Ors [2026] EWHC 1182...

The applicant, who required leases over mineral rights, could not agree with the owners of those rights on compensation and valuation issues. The...
A Day in the Life of an Occupational Therapy Expert Witness A Day in the Life of an Occupational Therapy Expert Witness

A Day in the Life of an Occupational Therapy Expert Witness

Clare Cole is an Occupational Therapist with nearly 17 years of clinical experience, who now works as an Expert Witness in the medico-legal field....

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A mother's malign influence on her children
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A mother's malign influence on her children

This is a case which will assume much greater importance for the 15 points of practice and practical steps that the judge decided can help reduce the risk of well-meaning professionals falling into pitfalls that hinder the identification of safeguarding issues at an early stage than as a case with learning points for experts.

For some of the experts in the fields from which jointly appointed experts were instructed, it illustrates how their evidence is tested and applied in a case of suspected fabricated or induced illness (FII).

Re N (Children: Fact Finding - Perplexing Presentation/Fabricated or Induced Illness) [2024] EWFC 326