24 November News Need for law firms to instruct ‘impartial, objective and reasonable’ expert witnesses 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence By Amanda Stevens, Managing Director, London and South - Hudgell Solicitors
6 October Case Updates Akhmedova v Akhmedov [2020] EWHC 2235 (Fam), 2020 WL 04742216 Expert declaration, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing Relevance: General Topic: Expert’s declaration
6 October Case Updates Griffiths v TUI UK Ltd [2020] EWHC 2268 (QB) 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Civil Procedure Rules Reasoning
6 October Case Updates Reactec Limited v Curotec Team Limited [2020] CSOH 77, 2020 WL 04369591 Conflicts of interest, Patent, Expert declaration, Scottish Civil Procedure, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing Relevance: Civil procedure in Scotland Patent cases Topics: Expert declaration Conflict of interest
6 October Case Updates R v Brazil [2020] EWCA Crim 882, 2020 WL 04005153 Criminal, Mental Health, 05. Rules and Regulations Topics: Mitigation Voluntary misuse of alcohol or drugs Failure to follow medical advice
25 September News Expert witnesses in legal aid cases 05. Rules and Regulations The government have just released revised guidance about expert witnesses in cases funded by legal aid, including fees, prior authority and provisions for specific types of expert.
7 September News Covid-19 Clinical Negligence Protocol: 2020 05. Rules and Regulations, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits New protocol encourages much more innovation including on-line examinations of clients for medical expert reports.
5 August News FREE CHAPTER from ‘A Practical Guide to the Use of Expert Evidence in Criminal Cases’ Criminal, 05. Rules and Regulations ‘A Practical Guide to the Use of Expert Evidence in Criminal Cases’ by Richard Padley
29 July News Change to the Statement of Truth in Civil Proceedings from 1st October 2020 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing The 122nd Update to the Practice Direction includes an improtant change to the Statement of Truth for Experts.
27 July Case Updates LK [2020] CSIH 40, 2020 WL 03841232 Obstetrics, Midwifery, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Obstetrics/midwifery