3 April Case Updates Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain [2023] EWHC 89 (KB) Personal injury, Psychiatry, Adjustment Disorder, Psychiatric Injury, 10. Report Writing “Is psychiatric injury a personal injury for the purposes of the State Immunity Act 1978?”
3 April Case Updates MQ, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 205 (Admin) Ultimate issue, Asylum cases, Procedural rules, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing “How to ensure that your expert report is inadmissible”
3 April Case Updates BDW Trading Ltd v Lantoom Ltd [2023] EWHC 183 (TCC) Range of Opinion, Geology, Substance of Instruction, Assistance, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 15. Criticism and Complaints “If you cannot give a simple answer …”
3 April Case Updates Barlow, Application by the Secretary of State in the case of, [2023] PBRA 20 Psychology, Psychiatry, Expert's meeting, 05. Rules and Regulations, 12. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements “The Parole Board adopts experts’ meetings”
30 March News Volte-face: When an expert changes their mind in the witness box 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence Sir Martin Spencer, told us more about the case and explains why experts shouldn’t be afraid to change tack.
30 March Day in the life Meet Francis Osei-Appiah, expert in Street Based Urban Street Slang Language and Drill Rap Music 14. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Maintaining your professional edge Francis explains why his lived experience is key to his work and how being an Expert Witness helps him give back to society.
16 March News Pain Expert Limited approved as an EWI Corporate Partner Pain Expert, Corporate Partner EWI is delighted to announce that Pain Expert Limited have been approved as a Corporate Partner.
10 March News Expert evidence a matter for Trial judge: Application to exclude it at pre-trial stage refused as misconceived 05. Rules and Regulations While there might be grounds for cross-examination of the expert in question, this did not justify excluding the evidence on the basis of issues that were for the trial judge.
13 February News Too much of a good thing Report Writing, overlong reports, Length of report Judges have sent a ‘note of caution’ to legal teams after receiving ‘thousands of pages of detailed experts’ reports’.
8 February News Expert slated for numerous failings - both in their report and in courtroom behaviour Report Writing, Language, Duty of Expert, Range of Opinion, Expert Report, Courtroom evidence In cross-examination and at the close of the case, a searing attack on the expert's approach to expert evidence and independence was launched. The judge viewed many of the criticisms as well-founded.