10 June Case Updates Radia v Marks [2022] EWHC 145 (QB) Medical expert, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Expert’s duty Medical records Experts’ mistakes
10 June Case Updates Palmer v Mantas [2022] EWHC 90 (QB) Expert bias, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Topics: Language Expert bias
10 June Case Updates Cox, R (On the Application Of) v The Oil and Gas Authority [2022] EWHC 75 (Admin) Procedure rules, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing Topics: Procedural rules Guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims
10 June Case Updates S (Vulnerable Party: Fairness of Proceedings) [2022] EWCA Civ 8 Psychology, Psychiatry, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Vulnerable witness Ground rules hearing
9 June News An issue for the court to determine, not a planning consultant. 05. Rules and Regulations A case in Northern Ireland’s High Court has seen lawyers criticised for the inclusion of expert evidence where the expert witness stated that the planning permission was “unlawful”.
9 June Case Updates R v Nijhawan [2022] EWCA Crim 10 Psychiatry, psychopharmacology, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: SSRI antidepressants Suicide Homicide
20 May Case Updates The modern expert: personal insights and current issues 05. Rules and Regulations, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints The Right Hon Lord Hamblen of Kersey, Justice of the Supreme Court, gave the keynote speech at EWI's online conference on 20th May 2022
17 May News What happens when your client sues you for your expert witness report? 02. Setting Fees and Getting Paid, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 15. Criticism and Complaints In preparing independent and objective evidence for the court, some experts will have experienced being challenged by the client, who does not like or agree with what has been said.
16 May News Member News SOCOTEC Group acquires BASE QUANTUM in the United Kingdom member news Base Quantum is now part of the SOCOTEC Group, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) in the construction, infrastructure and environment sectors.
11 May News Expert's report failed to comply with practically every requirement 10. Report Writing Recent judgment demonstrates that judges will consider the compliance of reports when assessing the weight to place on expert evidence.