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Podcast Episode 17: Wellbeing and Resilience as an Expert Witness
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Podcast Episode 17: Wellbeing and Resilience as an Expert Witness

by Sean Mosby

 

October 10th is World Mental Health Day and in this month's episode of the Expert Matters Podcast, we look at the issue of wellbeing and resilience as an expert witness. We discuss some learnings from recent judgments, have a really insightful talk with EWI member and Clinical Psychologist Dr Claire Wilson, before hearing advice from the members of EWI's Editorial Committee. You can also catch our 'What's going on at EWI' and 'Newsreel' segments to keep up-to-date on the latest developments in the world of expert witnesses and expert evidence. 

You can listen to Episode 17 of the Expert Matters Podcast on a number of podcast apps, including spotify and apple podcasts. If you can't find the podcast on your favourite app, let us know at expertmatters@ewi.org.uk.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:14 What's going on at EWI?

04:19 Introduction

05:00 Learnings from recent judgments

11:41 Dr Claire Wilson

28:15 Advice from EWI Editorial Committee members

37:00 Newsreel

39:15 Conclusion

This month's guest is:

Dr Claire Wilson, The Psychology Place

The event we mentioned is:

Sir Michael Davies Lecture

The resources we discussed in this episode are:

Dr Claire Wilson, Wellness Matters: How to Build Resilience (EWI Study Day Recording)

EWI Standard Expert Terms and Conditions of Engagement

The cases we mentioned in this month's episode are:

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham v G [2024] EWHC 2200 (Fam) 

Kallakis v Kallakis [2023] EWHC 2148 (Comm) 

Rashpal Samrai & Ors v Rajinder Kalia [2024] EWHC 3143 (KB)

Mantir Singh Sahota v Albinder Singh Sahota & Ors [2024] EWHC 2165 (Ch)

Steven Wilson v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWHC 2389 (KB)

Pfizer Inc v Uniqure Biopharma BV [2024] EWHC 2672 (Pat)

John Good against West Bay Insurance Plc [2025] SC AIR 70

Other matters we discussed in the episode are:

RICS Consultation on Professional Standard for Surveyors acting as Expert Witnesses

The Access to Justice Inquiry Call for Evidence

The Access to Public Domain Documents Pilot

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