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Rix's Expert Psychiatric Evidence 2nd Edition

Rix's Expert Psychiatric Evidence 2nd Edition

Author: Keith Rix; Laurence Mynors-Wallis; Ciaran Craven
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781911623687

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781908020321
Published In: December 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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.

Key Features

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

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. Personal injury cases

9. Reports for family proceedings relating to children

10. Reports in cases involving capacity

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

12. Reports in immigration and asylum cases