1 March Case Updates McLennan v General Medical Council [2020] CSIH 12 [2020] 4 WLUK 119 Covert recording, Report drafting, Consultation, Doctor “Trust me, I’m a doctor” Relevance: General. Topic: Report drafting (accuracy). Covert audio recording of consultation
1 March Giving Oral Evidence Mitrasinovic v Stroud [2020] EWHC 914 (QB), 2020 WL 01894725 General, Report Writing, Oral testimoney “What is the capital of France?” Relevance: General Topic: Report writing Oral testimony
1 March Case Updates R v Thomas (Dean) [2020] EWCA Crim 117, [2020] 1 WLUK 421 Criminal, Fitness to plead, Fitness to stand trial “One size does not fit all” Relevance: Criminal jurisdiction Topic: Fitness to plead and stand trial (FTP) Appointment of intermediary
1 March Case Updates Thimmaya v Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust [2020] 1 WLUK 437 General, Personal injury, Legal test, Wasted cost order, Negligence ‘The cost of Iicompetence’ Relevance: General; Personal injury (negligence) Topic: Legal tests for negligence Wasted costs order against expert witness
1 March Case Updates R v Foy [2020] EWCA Crim 270, 2020 WL 00927442 Admissibility, Behaviour of expert, Psychiatric evidence, Ultimate issue, Criminal “Expert shopping” Relevance: General; criminal Topics: Admissibility of fresh psychiatric evidence; ultimate issue; behaviour of expert
1 March Case Updates MacDonald v Burton [2020] EWHC 906 (QB), 2020 WL 01262728 Recording, Medico-legal “It’s just not cricket” Judge: Spencer J (coincidentally Chair of the Expert Witness Institute) Relevance: General
31 December Case Updates Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 980 (QB), 2019 WL 01643863 Personal injury, Recovery of damages, Pathological grief “When is a mental disorder not a mental disorder?” Relevance: Personal injury cases involving bereavement Topic: Recovery of damages for pathological grief
31 December Giving Oral Evidence A Local Authority v M, F, E, W, X Y Z (by their Children's Guardian) [2019] EWHC 1447 (Fam), 2019 WL 06313296 General, Hot-tubbing, Expert evidence “Out of the frying pan into the hot tub”’ Relevance: General Topic: Concurrent expert evidence (‘hot-tubbing’)
31 December Rules and Regulations Mustard v Flower [2019] EWHC 2623 (QB), 2019 WL 05104326 General, Covert recording, Neuropsychological assessment, Part 35 “Be sure your sins will find you out” Relevance: General. Issues: Admissibility of covert recording of neuropsychological assessment Disproportionate Part 35 questions