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
25 October Case Updates Hertfordshire County Council v Mothers [2022] EWFC 106 Duty of Expert, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Getting named as the expert in a family case” The case: a fact-finding hearing in respect of children
18 October News A reflection of the day by Wiebke Morgan, Membership Manager (having watched the event remotely) Family Justice Council – Experts Committee Symposium – 12 October 2022 The event, held at Birmingham Children's Hospital, was hosted by Mr Justice David Williams and offered talks by experts and breakout group opportunities in respect of expert evidence in the family courts. The opening address was provided by Sir Andrew McFarlane. Professor Keith Rix, a Fellow of the Expert Witness Institute gave a presentation on case updates and led one of the break-out groups.
11 October Day in the life What I Do - The Expert in Clinical Microbiology 02. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Professor S J Eykyn - Clinical Microbiology
10 October Day in the life The ever changing world of illicit drugs 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Fiona Coope - Business Manager for Environmental Scientifics Group Forensics