29 August Case Updates Haywood v Ritchie & Ors (t/a as H Ritchie & Sons) [2005] NIQB 42 Personal injury, Medical expert, 06. Rules and Regulations, 12. Responding to questions, Northern Ireland This case concerns three important issues in personal injury litigation in Northern Ireland: the extent of the plaintiff’s medical records to which an expert can have access; what the expert can ask about how the injury was sustained; and whether a plaintiff can refuse to be assessed by a particular expert.
12 July Case Updates Hitting all three most common compliance errors in expert reports Personal injury, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 12. Responding to questions, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge The medico-legal expert in this personal injury claim was urged by the judge to seek further training after he made all of the three most common compliance errors which the EWI sees in expert reports. Hamed v. Ministry of Justice (County Court in Cambridge – 7th June 2024)
22 April Case Updates Appeal in the Cause Michael Marshall against Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Company Limited [2024] SAC (Civ) 13 Personal injury, Scotland, Sheriff Appeal Court, Absence of Expert Evidence, 06. Rules and Regulations, 03. Setting Fees and Getting Paid The sheriff appeal court upheld the sheriff's award of damages for injuries sustained in a vehicle accident which were assessed, in the absence of admissible expert evidence, on the basis of common experience.
8 August Case Updates Palmer v Mantas [2022] EWHC 90 (QB) Part 35, Personal injury, Bias, Language, Exaggeration / Dishonesty, Preparation for a personal injury assessment, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 15. Giving Oral Evidence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Mind your language and avoid pre-judging the claimant”
7 August Case Updates R v Beggs [2023] NICA 24 Personal injury, Psychology, Learning disability, Psychiatry, reliability, Sexual assault medicine, ABE interview, Down syndrome, Genital injury, Menopause, Penetration, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Beware opining on the reliability of a complainant”
3 April Case Updates Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain [2023] EWHC 89 (KB) Personal injury, Psychiatry, Adjustment Disorder, Psychiatric Injury, 11. Report Writing “Is psychiatric injury a personal injury for the purposes of the State Immunity Act 1978?”
7 February Case Updates Egan v Castlrea Co-Operative Liverstock Mart Ltd [2023] IEHC 16 Personal injury, Medical records, Disclosure/discovery, Ireland, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Can a medical expert see post-accident medical records in a personal injury case?”
21 February Case Updates Thorvaldsen v Dundee City Council [2021] ScotCS CSOH 120 Personal injury, Psychiatry, 11. Report Writing, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Topics: Somatoform disorder
24 August Case Updates Foley v The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform [2021] IEHC 257 Personal injury, Psychiatry, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Corroboration, Ireland, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Topics: Post-traumatic stress disorder Personal injury Corroboration
15 December Case Updates Michelle Leach v North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 2914 (QB), 2020 WL 06384316 Personal injury, Psychiatry, PTSD, 11. Report Writing, 14. Changing your opinion, 13. Experts Discussions and Joint Statements Topics: Material contribution Post-traumatic stress disorder