26 August Case Updates C v DT [2021] SC GLA 37, 2021 WL 02169444 Bias, Forced marriage, Socio-cultural evidence, Records, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Topics: Forced marriage Socio-cultural evidence Records Bias
24 August Case Updates Wigan Borough Council v Scullindale Global Limited [2021] EWHC 779 (Ch) Change of opinion, Independence, Language, 14. Changing your opinion, 08. Working with Instructing Parties, 16. Criticism and Complaints Relevance: General Topics: Language Independence Change of opinion
24 August Case Updates Crosby v Wakefield MBC, Leeds County Court, unreported, 24 January 2020 Change of opinion, Independence, Range of Opinion, Criticism of a party's legal team, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Topics: Independence Change of opinion Range of opinion Criticism of a party’s legal team
24 August Case Updates Barrow v Merrett [2021] EWHC 792 (QB) Change of opinion, 14. Changing your opinion Relevance: General Topic: Change of opinion
23 August Case Updates Jarman v Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 323 (QB), 2021 WL 00622030 Behaviour of expert, Bias, Orthopaedics, Cauda equina syndrome, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Orthopaedics Topics: Bias Reliance on literature Cauda equina syndrome
7 June News Recent judgment highlights Expert Witness failings 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The Honourable Mr Justice Fraser highlights the numerous failings of an Expert in Beattie Passive Norse Ltd & Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd [2021] EWHC 1116 (TCC).
4 June News Are Digital Forensics Experts prone to bias? Bias, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion The Guardian reports that a new study has found participants found more or less evidence on hard drive depending on what contextual information they had.
15 February Case Updates AMDC v AG [2020] EWCOP 58, 2020 WL 06749202 Psychiatry, Capacity assessment, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 07. 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, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion Topics: Uncorroborated history Assumed facts
15 December Case Updates Michelle Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (QB), 2020 WL 06384316 Personal injury, Psychiatry, PTSD, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Topics: Material contribution Post-traumatic stress disorder