23 August Case Updates R v Rebelo [2021] EWCA Crim 306, 2021 WL 00848726 Capacity cases, Psychiatry, Gross negligence, Free will, Voluntariness, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: General Psychiatry Topics: Capacity Voluntariness Free will Gross negligence manslaughter
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, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Relevance: General Orthopaedics Topics: Bias Reliance on literature Cauda equina syndrome
23 August Case Updates IPCom GmbH & Co KG v Vodafone Group Plc, Vodafone Limited, Vodafone UK Limited v Secretary of State for Defence [2021] EWCA Civ 205 Terminology, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing Relevance: General Topic: Terminology
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.
15 February Case Updates Devon Partnership NHS Trust v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin) Psychiatry, Medical expert, Remote assessments, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits Relevance: Medical experts Psychiatry Topic: Remote assessments