25 January News Experts warned over bias and use of language in recent judgment Bias, 14. Giving Oral Evidence A high-court judge reminds experts of their duties to the court.
24 January News Forensic Science Regulator Draft Code for comment The Forensic Science Regulator has made a draft of the core part of the single statutory code available for informal comment.
11 January News Core Competencies for Expert Witnesses 16. Maintaining your professional edge The core competencies framework for Expert Witnesses sets out the attributes, knowledge, and skills that experts must develop if they wish to act as an Expert Witness.
22 December News Latest newsletter from the Forensic Science Regulator The December 2021 issue of his Newsletter (Issue 37) has now been published.
14 December News English courts send a message to experts (and their instructing solicitors) 05. Rules and Regulations Expert evidence can be crucial to the success, or failure, of a construction dispute; for example, a case can turn on a judge’s preference for one expert’s delay analysis over the other. Consequently, as Huw Wilkins explains, it is important that experts, as well as instructing solicitors and clients, understand the rules regulating expert evidence in dispute resolution procedures.
14 December Case Updates Bux v General Medical Council [2021] EWHC 762 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 11. Responding to questions The case: Dr Bux appealed against the findings of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal and against its decision directing his erasure from the Medical Register.
14 December Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Forensic accountancy, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence The case: a claim arising out of the sale, by the Claimants (and the other shareholders) to the Defendant of their shareholdings contending that they were induced to sell by actionable misrepresentations.
14 December Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Forensic accountancy, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Maintaining your professional edge, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
14 December Case Updates PCP Capital Partners LLP v Barclays Bank PLC [2021] EWHC 307 (Comm), 2021 WL 00741982 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence The case: A banking case.
14 December Case Updates WWRT Limited v Tyshchenko [2021] EWHC 939 (Ch) Forensic accountancy, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing The reports of two experts contained no CPR-compliant statements of truth, nor did they otherwise comply with the requirements of CPR Part 35.