15 February Case Updates R (IJ (Kosovo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWHC 3487 (Admin) Psychiatry, Trafficking, 10. Report Writing Topics: Trafficking Shortage occupation list National Referral Mechanism
15 February Case Updates Bankole-Jones v Watford Borough Council [2020] EWHC 3100 (Admin) Legal test, Psychiatry, Vulnerability, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing Relevance: Medical Psychiatry Issues: Homelessness Vulnerability
15 February Case Updates R v Weldemaryam [2020] EWCA Crim 1616 Psychiatry, 10. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Issues: Hybrid orders Culpability
15 February Case Updates AMDC v AG [2020] EWCOP 58, 2020 WL 06749202 Psychiatry, Capacity assessment, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 06. Receiving Instructions Relevance: Psychiatry Capacity assessments Topic: Assessment of capacity
11 January Case Updates Petrovics v Prosecutor Generals Office of Hungary [2020] EWHC 3145 (Admin), 2020 WL 06811869 Extradition, Medical expert, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion Topics: Uncorroborated history Assumed facts
11 January Case Updates Farookh v Judge of the Saarbrucken Regional Court (Germany) [2020] EWHC 3143 (Admin), 2020 WL 06811821 Psychology, Extradition, Clinical psychology, 10. Report Writing Topic: Suicide risk The case: The Appellant was aged 21 and wanted for extradition to Germany. He was assessed by Dr Arthur Anderson, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist.
11 January Case Updates Davies v Ford [2020] EWHC 3063 (Ch), 2020 WL 06947674 Qualification, 06. Receiving Instructions Topic: Qualifications The case: The second defendant wanted to adduce expert evidence from a waste management expert in the quantum trial of the claim.
11 January Case Updates Omooba v Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (T/A Global Artists), Leicester Theatre Trust Ltd 2020 WL 06947454 10. Report Writing, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, CV Topics: Duty of expert Range of reasonable opinion Relevant expertise Bias
11 January Case Updates R v Nelson (Keith) [2020] EWCA Crim 1615 Psychiatry, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing Topics: Hybrid orders Hospital orders with restrictions
11 January Case Updates ZZZ v Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 1642 (QB), 2019 WL 03069006 Orthopedic surgery, 10. Report Writing Topics: Owning up to and correcting mistakes Experience Legal tests