5 December News Modes of address in courts and tribunals 14. Giving Oral Evidence Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals have announced an immediate change in practice.
2 December News EWI welcome Westbury Collections Ltd as Supplier Partner supplier partner The Expert Witness Institute is pleased to announce that Westbury Collections Ltd is joining them as their latest Supplier Partner.
14 November News Admissibility or weight: what is the test for expert evidence? Admissibility, Impartiality, Expert's behaviour, Bias, Independence, Duties of the Expert, Duty of Expert, Duty to the court, Legal role of an expert witness, Expert bias, 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits In an exceptional case, as here, where the expert singularly and spectacularly fails in their duties to the court, expert evidence may be deemed inadmissible and never get to the stage of being tested for weight.
13 November News Ensure your expert has the necessary expertise for the case 05. Rules and Regulations, 07. Working with Instructing Parties Recent judgment highlights the problem when you do not instruct an expert with sufficient expertise
1 November Day in the life A day in the life of a Surgeon 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business Abeezar I Sarela - Consultant Surgeon, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
25 October Day in the life A day in the life of an Investment Banking Expert 06. Receiving Instructions, 16. Maintaining your professional edge Philippe Espinasse - Consultant
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?”
25 October Case Updates Davison v HM Senior Coroner for Hertfordshire [2022] EWHC 2343 (Admin) Psychiatry, diabulimia, 10. Report Writing “Could you give evidence on diabulimia?” The case: an application to quash the coroner’s verdict on the basis of new evidence about diabulimia.
25 October Case Updates Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mailley [2022] EWHC 2328 (QB) Psychiatry, Hoarding disorder, ICD/DSM, Disability, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Does your diagnosis have to be in a recognised international classification?” Relevance: Psychiatry