6 June Case Updates North Bristol NHS Trust v R [2023] EWCOP 5 Psychiatry, Capacity, Consent, Caesarean section, 11. Report Writing “Capacity to consent to elective Caesarean section”
6 June Case Updates Watts v Watts [2023] EWHC 679 (Ch) Handwriting, Document examination, Forgery, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “It’s a forgery”
6 June Case Updates Maidstone Borough Council v Beck [2023] EWHC 787 (Admin) Psychiatry, Hoarding disorder, Schizotypal disorder, 11. Report Writing “The impact of a hoarding disorder”
6 June Case Updates Dove v HM Assistant Coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool [2023] EWCA Civ 289 Causation, Psychiatry, Suicide, Inquest, 11. Report Writing “The meaning of causation in the coronial jurisdiction”
6 June Case Updates Cannon v Bar Standards Board [2023] EWCA Civ 278 Psychiatry, Capacity to participate in disciplinary proceeding, capacity to appeal, litigation capacity, mental capacity act 2005, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “Assessing capacity to participate in disciplinary proceedings”
30 May Case Updates McLaughlin v Dealey [2023] IEHC 106 Independence, Medical records, Objectivity, Ireland, Medical expertise, Weight, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Engagement of medical experts in the Republic of Ireland”
30 May Case Updates FGX v Gaunt [2023] EWHC 419 (KB) Causation, Psychology, Psychiatry, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Apportionment, 11. Report Writing “PTSD resulting from publication of covertly recorded naked images”
30 May Case Updates Zanatta v Metroline Travel Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 224 Assumptions, Accident reconstruction, Facts, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “In the absence of evidence …”
30 May Case Updates Barry v Ministry of Defence [2023] EWHC 459 (KB) Audiology, Otolaryngology, Noise induced hearing loss, Synaptopathy, Neuropathy, Literature, Diagnostic criteria, Rival methodologies, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “My methodology is to be preferred …”
3 April Case Updates Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam) Admissibility, Psychology, Parental alienation, Unregulated Experts, Protected titles, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 07. Receiving Instructions “When is a psychologist not a psychologist?”