Foreword The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, Justice of the Supreme Court; Preface and acknowledgments; 1. Nature and duties of an expert witness; 2. Training, contractual, administrative and other practical matters; 3. The medico-legal consultation; 4. The structure, organisation and content of the generic report; 5. Reports for criminal proceedings; 6. Reports in personal injury cases; 7. Reports for family proceedings relating to children Reports in cases involving capacity; 8. Reports for tribunals, inquests and other bodies; 9. Reports for the Channel Islands, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland and Scotland; 10. Going to court; 11. Maintaining and developing expertise and knowing when to stop; Appendix 1. Letter of response to request for a report; Appendix 2. File front sheet; Appendix 3. Time sheet; Appendix 4. Appointment letter; Appendix 5. Information to accompany appointment letter; Appendix 6. Letter requesting authorisation to use a laptop computer within a prison; Appendix 7. Consent form; Appendix 8. Covering letter for a court report; Appendix 9. CPS declaration and self-certificate; Appendix 10. A note on judicial titles and their abbreviations in England and Wales; Appendix 11. Specimen criminal report.
A guide to what a psychiatrist needs to know in order to prepare medico-legal reports and become an expert witness.
About the author:
Dr Keith Rix is
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at The Grange Consulting Rooms,
Cleckheaton and at Cygnet Hospital Wyke, Bradford. His forensic
experience began in the 1960s when he lived in hostels with
ex-offenders and assessed prisoners for after-care hostels. He has
a Master of Laws (Distinction) in Medical Law and Ethics and is a
part-time lecturer in the Department of Law at De Montfort
University, Leicester. He has thirty years experience as an expert
witness.
Quote from the author: "I have enjoyed thirty years' work as a psychiatric expert witness and I have equally enjoyed teaching and training others. I am pleased to have been given the opportunity to use this experience to write a book on the subject before I retire." - Keith Rix
"He has poured his wealth of experience and knowledge into this
book ... I can't imagine that any psychiatrist would not find this
book helpful. One of the best parts of working as an academic is
learning from writing as good as this."
- Expert Witness Institute Newsletter (EWIN)
"An excellent book, it would be a foolish trainee or new consultant
in psychiatry who did not possess, read and inwardly digest it. The
book deserves a place in the personal library of any expert
witness, however experienced he or she is ...it can also be very
helpful to any lawyer who is involved in instructing or
cross-examining a psychiatric expert witness. ...I wholeheartedly
recommend it."
- The Expert & Dispute Resolver
(The Academy of Experts)
"Extremely detailed but readable, at times even amusing. Advice is
...practical, even extending to avoiding staples and paperclips.
All aspects are covered, including secretarial support, billing,
marketing yourself and holidays. This book will certainly help
psychiatrists, perhaps also lawyers, avoid major mistakes."
- The Advocate
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