01 March 2020 Simon Berney-Edwards 1817 Case Updates R v Foy [2020] EWCA Crim 270, 2020 WL 00927442 bySimon Berney-Edwards Nature of case: Appeal against conviction for murder. Issues: Admissibility of fresh evidence primarily in the form of expert psychiatric evidence to the effect that a defence of diminished responsibility (DR) was available. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login Share Print Tags AdmissibilityBehaviour of expertPsychiatric evidenceUltimate issueCriminal05. Rules and Regulations10. Report Writing14. Giving Oral Evidence15. Criticism and Complaints Related articles 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 Rebecca Lochrie v Matthew Edwards Judgment G48YJ355 A Day in the Life of an Emergency Medicine Expert Witness Switch article MacDonald v Burton [2020] EWHC 906 (QB), 2020 WL 01262728 Previous Article Thimmaya v Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust [2020] 1 WLUK 437 Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.