21 February Case Updates BCX v DTA [2021] EWHC B27 (Costs) 02. Setting Fees and Getting Paid Topics: Fees
21 February Case Updates Thorvaldsen v Dundee City Council [2021] ScotCS CSOH 120 Personal injury, Psychiatry, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Somatoform disorder
21 February Case Updates A Local Authority v JB [2021] UKSC 52 Psychology, Psychiatry, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Capacity Sexual relations
21 February Case Updates Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 1694 Psychiatry, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Equality Act 2010 Substantial adverse effect Prognosis
21 February Case Updates Martin v Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWHC 3058 (QB) Psychology, Psychiatry, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Capacity Psychometric testing Frontal lobe damage Executive function
21 February Case Updates R v Grusza In the Crown Court, Cambridge, November 2021, unreported 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Procedural rules Responsibilities of experts instructed by the prosecution Disclosure Legal privilege Answers to questions
21 February Case Updates ECU Group PLC v HSBC Bank PLC [2021] EWHC 2875 (Comm) 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints Topics: Correcting errors Change of opinion Assumptions Standard of proof Statistics
21 February Case Updates Director of Public Prosecutions v IG [2021] IECA 91 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing Topics: Nature of expert evidence Fact v opinion Reliance on subject’s self-reported history
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.