6 July Case Updates Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Receiving Instructions, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees
18 April Case Updates DSN v Blackpool Football Club Limited [2020] EWHC 595 (QB), 2020 WL 01234791 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Historical child abuse Topic: Limitation
1 March Case Updates Westwood v The Queen [2020] EWCA Crim 598, 2020 WL 02142702 Mental Health Act 1983, Crime, Hospital limitation, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Crime Topics: Retained responsibility Mental Health Act 1983, s 45A hospital limitation direction Mental Health Act 1983, ss 37/41 hospital order with restrictions
1 March Case Updates Tower Hamlets LBC v A 2020 WL 01987279 Capacity cases, Care, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Capacity cases Topic: Capacity to decide where to live Capacity to make care decision
1 March Case Updates A Healthcare, B NHS Trust v CC (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) [2020] EWHC 574 (Fam), 2020 WL 01159447 Capacity cases, Mental Health Act 1983, Consent to treatment, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Capacity cases Topic: Consent to treatment and the Mental Health Act 1983 Mental Health Act 1983, s 63
1 March Case Updates Dempsey v Government of the United States of America [2020] EWHC 603 (Admin), 2020 WL 01235532 Criminal, Extradition case, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Criminal Topic: Extradition
1 March Case Updates Roddis v The Queen [2020] EWCA Crim 396, 2020 WL 01250413 Admissibility, Autistic spectrum disorder, Evidence on appeal, 06. Rules and Regulations Relevance: Crime Topic: Autistic spectrum disorder and mens rea Admissibility of evidence on appeal
1 March Case Updates Leafrealm Land Limited v The City of Edinburgh Council [2020] CSOH 34, 2020 WL 01290090 Oral testimoney, Report drafting, Surveying, Methodology, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Surveying Topic: Methodology Report drafting Independence Oral testimony
1 March Case Updates A Clinical Commissioning Group v AF [2020] EWCOP 16, 2020 WL 01494079 Capacity cases, Best interest, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Avoiding a macabre experiment” Relevance: Capacity cases Topics: Best interests
1 March Case Updates FXF v Ampleforth Abbey Trustees [2020] EWHC 791 (QB), 2020 WL 01663316 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation, Causation, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “The Savile effect” Relevance: Historic child abuse Topics: Limitation Causation