27 July Rules and Regulations FL (by his children's guardian) v EN, A Local Authority, AK, JL [2020] EWCA Civ 20, 2020 WL 00353639 General, Experts behaviour, Compliance with court rules Relevance: General Topics: Expert’s behaviour Compliance with court rules
27 July Case Updates Valerie Bannister (Widow and Executrix of the Estate of Dennis Charles Bannister, Deceased) v Freemans Public Limited Company [2020] EWHC 1256 (QB), 2020 WL 02543788 General, Impartiality Relevance: General Topics: Adverse judicial comment Impartiality
27 July Case Updates A Local Authority v AW (by the Official Solicitor as his Litigation Friend) [2020] EWCOP 24, 2020 WL 02573176 Capacity cases, Social media, Sexual relations, Capacity to litigate Relevance: Capacity assessments Nature of case: AW has a diagnosis of mild learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder.
6 July Starting your Expert Witness Business Dr X, Medical Practitioners Tribunal, 2020 Capacity cases, Medical health, Tribunal, Litigants in person, Top-up fees, Expert's behaviour Issues: Capacity Expert’s behaviour Litigants in person Top-up fees
28 May Report Writing EWI quality control and Regulator’s new requirements of Expert’s reports The new Forensic Science Regulator guidance states that Experts not holding ISO17025 accreditation must declare this deficit in their reports and also outline the steps taken to mitigate the ‘risks associated with non-compliance’. Allen Hirson sets out the EWI's response.
27 May EWI News Applied Psychology Solutions approved as an EWI Corporate Partner EWI is delighted to announce that Applied Psychology Solutions have been approved as a Corporate Partner
5 May Industry News CPS Guidance for Experts CPS Guidance for Experts on Disclosure, Unused Material and Case Management
18 April Case Updates DSN v Blackpool Football Club Limited [2020] EWHC 595 (QB), 2020 WL 01234791 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation Relevance: Historical child abuse Topic: Limitation
17 April EWI News Discounts available on EWI pre-recorded Webinars For those of you on lock down, there is no better time to spend undertaking some CPD to improve your practice.
24 March Industry News Latest updates from the Courts With the ever evolving situation and new measures being introduced, we are monitoring the latest updates from the Courts. Please find below the latest announcements.