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, 05. Rules and Regulations, 10. Report Writing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Beware opining on the reliability of a complainant”
6 June Case Updates S, Re (A Child: Findings of Fact) [2023] EWCA Civ 346 Psychology, Psychiatry, reliability, 'Achieving Best Evidence', Interviewing, 09. Records Assessments and Site Visits “Achieving best evidence in the criminal and family courts”
7 December News Attack on expert's credibility rejected Expert evidence, Credibility, Cross-examination, reliability, 10. Report Writing, 13. Changing your opinion, 14. Giving Oral Evidence We have often drawn attention to cases in which claims regarding experts’ unreliability were supported, so we feel it is important to highlight counter-examples