3 May Case Updates Wambura v Barrick TZ Ltd [2023] EWHC 2582 (KB) Admissibility of expert evidence, Expert Witness CV, First time expert, Professional membership, 05. Rules and Regulations, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business The case involved the question of whether the claimants should have permission to call expert security evidence.
17 April Case Updates R v Valdo Calocane, The Crown Court at Nottingham, 25 January 2024, unreported Psychiatry, Duty to the court, Interviewing witnesses, Public interest, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 14. Giving Oral Evidence The case of Valdo Calocane, convicted of diminished responsibility manslaughter, has brought to the public’s attention the role of expert psychiatric witnesses in cases of alleged murder. The case raises a number of issues about the role of expert witnesses in criminal proceedings, mental condition defences and the meaning of public interest.
3 April Case Updates Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam) Admissibility, Psychology, Parental alienation, Unregulated Experts, Protected titles, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, 06. Receiving Instructions “When is a psychologist not a psychologist?”