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Director of Public Prosecutions v BB (Approved) [2024] IECA 155
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Director of Public Prosecutions v BB (Approved) [2024] IECA 155

This Irish case is primarily of interest to psychologists and others concerned about courts’ reliance on evidence from psychologists who are not registered with an appropriate regulator and not clinically trained. The points of general application concern the high threshold to be reached in order to admit as expert evidence the evidence that comes from a body of knowledge that is not widely recognised. 

The Cahill v Seepersad [2023] IEHC 583
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The Cahill v Seepersad [2023] IEHC 583

The cout found that a financial expert's report was inadmissible as evidence because he was not properly independent or objective, while very little weight could be attributed to the report of an employment expert because he lacked expertise in the area in which he purported to give expert evidence. 

Foley v The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform [2021] IEHC 257
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Foley v The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform [2021] IEHC 257

Relevance:                  Psychiatry

 

Topics:                        Post-traumatic stress disorder

                                    Personal injury

                                    Corroboration

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