1 July News EWI Annual General Meeting passes amendments to Articles of Association The 2021 Annual General Meeting considered organizational performance over the last year, 2021-22 membership subscriptions, changes to the Articles of Association and received the results of the Board Elections
15 June Case Updates De Sena v Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch) Negligence, Breach of Duty, Nature of Expertise, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 06. Receiving Instructions The case: a claim brought by the claimants against the defendants in relation to a corporate demerger which took place in relation to a family company.
15 June Case Updates Byrne v R [2021] EWCA Crim 107 Declaration, Duty of Expert, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits The case: Appeals against convictions relating to the selling of carbon credits.
15 June Case Updates Widdowson v Liberty Insurance Limited, NHS Grampian, NHS Highland [2021] CSOH 15 Negligence, Guidelines, 10. Report Writing The case: Mr Widdowson was seriously injured in a road traffic accident and subsequently died of his injuries on 11 January 2016.
15 June Case Updates Saxby v UDG Healthcare (UK) Holdings Limited [2021] EWHC 144 (Ch) Duties of the Expert, Language, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 07. Working with Instructing Parties, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits 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, some of which were fraudulent, which also amounted to negligent misstatements.
15 June Case Updates NB v MI [2021] EWHC 224 (Fam) Capacity cases, Psychology, Psychiatry, Capacity to marry, Wisdom, 05. Rules and Regulations The case: an application for a declaration of non-recognition of a marriage formed on 1 June 2013 in Pakistan under sharia law. In 1995 the applicant at the age of six was involved in a major car accident and suffered a catastrophic brain injury. There was understandably a serious impact on the applicant’s mental health and cognitive functioning.
15 June Case Updates Criterion Buildings Ltd v McKinsey and Co Inc (United Kingdom) [2021] EWHC 216 (Ch) Impartiality, Independence, 10. Report Writing Nature of case: a claim for sums in respect of service charges said to be due under leases.
7 June News Recent judgment highlights Expert Witness failings 13. Changing your opinion, 14. 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, 10. Report Writing, 13. 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.
28 May News What the court expects of a competent expert witness 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court gave the keynote address at this year’s EWI Online Conference.