23 August Case Updates R v Lall [2021] EWCA Crim 404, 2021 WL 01041724 Psychiatry, Sentencing, Hybrid order, Insight, 10. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Sentencing Topics: Hospital order with restrictions Hybrid order Insight
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 Fletcher v Government of India [2021] EWHC 610 (Admin) Extradition, Suicide risk, Psychiatry, 10. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Extradition Suicide risk
23 August Case Updates Louis v The Home Office [2021] EWHC 288 (QB), 2021 WL 00542118 Causation, Psychiatry, Diagnosis, Taxonomy, Adjustment Disorder, Depressive illness, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Diagnosis Causation Taxonomy Adjustment disorder Depressive illness
23 August Case Updates A Local Authority v Mother 2021 WL 00781531 Psychiatry, Oral testimony, Diagnosis, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Oral testimony Diagnosis
23 August Case Updates R v Murphy [2021] EWCA Crim 190, 2021 WL 00848104 Psychology, Learning disability, Psychiatry, Credibility, Demeanour of Witness, IQ, 10. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Psychology Topics: Demeanour of witness Credibility Learning disability IQ
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
15 June Case Updates NB v MI [2021] EWHC 224 (Fam) Capacity cases, Psychology, Psychiatry, Capacity to marry, Wisdom, 05. Rules and Regulations The case: an application for a declaration of non-recognition of a marriage formed on 1 June 2013 in Pakistan under sharia law. In 1995 the applicant at the age of six was involved in a major car accident and suffered a catastrophic brain injury. There was understandably a serious impact on the applicant’s mental health and cognitive functioning.
15 February Case Updates Devon Partnership NHS Trust v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin) Psychiatry, Medical expert, Remote assessments, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Medical experts Psychiatry Topic: Remote assessments
15 February Case Updates AMDC v AG [2021] EWCOP 5 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, 10. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topic: Capacity