3 January Case Updates Benford (A Child) v East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Rev1) [2022] EWHC 3263 (KB) Care, Psychology, Medical experts, Prognosis, Paediatric neurology, Paediatric gastroenterology, Audiology, Speech and language therapy, 10. Report Writing “If only I had a crystal ball …”
3 January Case Updates Wright v Rogers [2022] EWCA Civ 1658 Psychiatry, Contempt of court, 10. Report Writing “Keeping a contemnor out of prison”
3 January Case Updates Lehman Brothers Holdings Scottish v Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc [2021] EWCA Civ 1523 (CA) Nature of expert evidence, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence “Do experts give evidence of fact?”
3 January Case Updates Re SV [2022] EWCOP 52 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Eating disorder, 10. Report Writing “Can an Irish citizen be sent to England for treatment of an eating disorder?”
20 December Case Updates Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Co v John Eskenazi Ltd [2022] EWHC 3023 (Comm) Report drafting, Expert oral testimony, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence “Not football but art history”
20 December Case Updates McQuaid v McQuaid (Re Estate of Terence Benedict McQuaid) [2022] NICh 18 Testamentary capacity, Psychiatry, Documentary evidence, 10. Report Writing, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Would you play on an uneven playing field?”
20 December Case Updates Modi v Government of India [2022] EWHC 2829 (Admin) Psychology, Extradition, Suicide risk, Psychiatry, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing “Anything new on the capacity to resist the impulse to commit suicide?”
20 December Case Updates Baybasin, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 2781 (Admin) Psychology, Psychiatry, Risk assessment, Security Catagorisation, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence “The risks of making a risk assessment”
25 October Case Updates R v Fitzsimmons v [2022] NICC 27 Bias, Voice attribution experts, Visual identification experts, Acoustic analysis, Auditory analysis, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Can your paper trail be followed?”
25 October Case Updates Wegner v Murphy [2022] IEHC 525 Medical experts, Redacted reports, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “What if I am provided with incomplete or redacted medical records?”