9 January Case Updates LMN v Swansea Bay University Health Board [2025] EWHC 3402 (KB) Midwifery, 16. Criticism and Complaints, CV, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence The claimant, who suffered brain damage at birth, relied on a report commenting on the allegation of negligence prepared by Mrs S, a midwife. The judge was concerned about the objectivity of Mrs S’s expert evidence because she was heavily involved in the business of litigation and gave evidence which he considered was uncompromisingly critical of the defendant.
14 October Case Updates Impact speed and risk of injury 16. Criticism and Complaints, CV, Impact speed, 11. Report Writing, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements, 15. Giving Oral Evidence There are some general learning points for all experts but otherwise this is for neurosurgeons. It is another road traffic accident personal injury case in which the court needed the assistance of neurosurgeons, or at least it would have done but for the fact that it made a finding which made it unnecessary to consider the neurosurgical evidence before reaching a judgment. The nature of the injuries sustained by the claimant were not in dispute. What was in dispute, but ultimately irrelevant, was what the child’s injuries would have been if the driver of the vehicle had been driving (non-negligently) at a lower speed than he was. It was on this point that the neurosurgical experts disagreed. MW v Wilkinson [2025] EWHC 2300 (KB)
15 September Case Updates Losing a professional membership that underpins your credibility Professional membership, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 19. Approaching Retirement, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, CV, Forensic Accounting The claimant brought an action against two of its founding shareholders, and companies owned or controlled by them, seeking compensation for harm caused by their alleged participation in a fraudulent scheme. The forensic accounting expert for the first defendant failed to inform the court, until shortly before he gave evidence, that he had ceased to hold a key professional membership. JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank v Igor Valeryevich Kolomoisky & Ors [2025] EWHC 1987 (Ch)
30 July Case Updates JJMC v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] UKAITUR UI2022005862 Immigration and asylum, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, CV, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing In this appeal of an asylum decision, the court was unable to discern sustainable and tolerably clear reasons as to why the judge rejected the expertise of the expert witness and his expert opinion provided in his report.
16 July Case Updates Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd [2024] EWHC 806 (KB) Psychology, Psychiatry, Orthopaedics, Pain Expert, 16. Criticism and Complaints, CV, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 15. Giving Oral Evidence A claimant who sustained a moderately severe brain injury when she fell off a pier was found by the judge to have been been fundamentally dishonest.
27 September Case Updates Dr Y, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service Expertise, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, CV, 11. Report Writing Relevance: General Topics: Professional address Experience Appointments
11 January Case Updates Omooba v Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (T/A Global Artists), Leicester Theatre Trust Ltd 2020 WL 06947454 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, CV, 11. Report Writing Topics: Duty of expert Range of reasonable opinion Relevant expertise Bias