Rix's expert psychiatric evidence / editors Professor Keith Rix , Dr Laurence Mynors-Wallis , Dr Ciaran Craven.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

2nd edition

198855

Medical jurisprudence -- Great Britain.

Forensic psychiatry -- Great Britain.

Evidence, Expert -- Great Britain.

Report writing.

1. The expert medical witness

2. Courts, laws and procedures

3. Training, development and the maintenance of expertise

4. Business matters

5. The medicolegal consultation

6. The report, amendments, answers to questions, experts' meetings and conferences

7. Reports for criminal proceedings and in prison cases

8. Reports in personal injury cases

9. Reports for family proceedings relating to children

10. Reports in cases involving capacity issues

11. Reports for the First-Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Mental Health

12. Reports in immigration and asylum cases

13. Reports in employment, disability discrimination and pension cases

14. Reports for fitness to practise, conduct and performance proceedings

15. Reports for Coroners courts and fatal accident inquiries

16. How to read an expert medical report

17. Going to court

Appendix A: specimen criminal report on Daniel MacNaughtan

Appendix B: specimen personal injury report on Charles Dickens.

Rix's Expert Psychiatric Evidence is a resource manual and guide for psychiatrists who provide expert testimony. It covers the entire expert psychiatric witness journey, from training and negotiation of instructions, through medicolegal assessment, report preparation, experts' meetings and joint statements, and conferences with counsel, to giving evidence in court along with advice on keeping up to date. Introductory chapters include essential information on the law of expert evidence and the different procedures in the criminal, civil, family and coroners' courts. It now includes in depth information on all eight jurisdictions of the British Isles. It is richly illustrated with reported and unreported cases including many important ones from the previous ten years, particularly relating to vulnerable witnesses and defendants. The book is supplemented by a library of online letters, forms, a new format report template and other documents which can be downloaded and adapted by readers for their own use. All relevant case law, statute law, procedure, rules and guidance are together in a single volume, meaning readers won't need to look elsewhere for further information. Packed with practical guidance, readers will quickly be able to write reports that have maximum impact in assisting the administration of justice. Addresses the interface between psychiatry and the law. Will be of value to both the experienced and the novice witness. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Expert psychiatric evidence

9781911623687

lxxi, 366 pages ; 24 cm