10 June 2022 Priya Vaidya 2901 Case Updates R v BRM [2022] EWCA Crim 385 byPriya Vaidya The case: The applicant was born on 25 February 2007. He has just passed his fifteenth birthday. In July 2021 he, together with another boy of similar age, was convicted of one count of murder. Grounds of appeal: (1) the judge erred in ruling that psychiatric evidence relating to the applicant's diagnosis of Asperger's/ASD was not admissible to the issue of intent; (2) the judge erred in ruling that the served psychiatric evidence was inadmissible as to the first limb of self-defence; (3) the judge erred in not granting an adjournment for the defence to obtain a further report from the instructed psychiatrist. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login Share Print Tags PsychologyPsychiatry05. Rules and Regulations Related articles Podcast Episode 9: Becoming an Expert Witness Can capacity be assessed on papers without a consultation? JXX v Scott Archibald [2025] EWHC 69 (SCCO) Consent – post-Montgomery A demonstrably incapable and incompetent witness who was not fit to have been put forward as an expert witness Switch article Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board [2022] EWHC 455 Previous Article Smith v Howard [2022] EWHC 562 (TCC) Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.