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?”
3 April Case Updates GKE v Gunning [2023] EWHC 332 (KB) Psychology, Psychiatry, Breach of Duty, Field of expertise, Counselling, Boundary violation, 11. Report Writing “Is counselling therapy?”
3 April Case Updates Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain [2023] EWHC 89 (KB) Personal injury, Psychiatry, Adjustment Disorder, Psychiatric Injury, 11. Report Writing “Is psychiatric injury a personal injury for the purposes of the State Immunity Act 1978?”
3 April Case Updates MQ, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 205 (Admin) Ultimate issue, Asylum cases, Procedural rules, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing “How to ensure that your expert report is inadmissible”
3 April Case Updates BDW Trading Ltd v Lantoom Ltd [2023] EWHC 183 (TCC) Range of Opinion, Geology, Substance of Instruction, Assistance, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints “If you cannot give a simple answer …”
7 February Case Updates Robinson v Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust v Mercier [2023] EWHC 21 (KB) Dentistry, Maxillofacial surgery, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence “Successful appeal against third party costs order made against expert.”
7 February Case Updates Kaye v Lees [2023] EWHC 152 (KB) Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing “Need to know more about the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020?”
7 February Case Updates RGRE Grafton Ltd v Bewleys Café Grafton Street Ltd [2023] IEHC 25 Ultimate issue, Cross-examination, Architecture, Stained glass, Evidence of fact v expert evidence, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “What is a window?”