Expert Witness Journal Issue 65 February 2026 - Flipbook - Page 5
Contents
Some of the highlights of this issue
University Lecturer brings forensic expertise to acclaimed True Crime Documentary Series
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How 昀椀ngerprint experts can make their mark on your defence case by Forensic Access
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Predictions from the FHM forensic accounting experts by Fiona Hotston Moore & Tom Arnold
page 12
Till death do us part …? by Paul Burchett
page 15
Defamation in the digital age: What counts as serious harm? by Betul Milliner
page 22
Widespread Disruption Causing Delay… Or Is It? by David Waddle
page 27
Fraud or forbidden tactics: between a rock and a hard place by Gary Orritt
page 32
Birth injuries and expert evidence by Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC
page 35
When fresh evidence isn’t enough: Understanding the threshold for age assessment reviews
by Sarah Erwin-Jones & Miya Watson
page 43
Ex-footballer’s medmal claim con昀椀rms the value of contemporaneous records
by Stuart Keyden & Simon Perkins
page 47
Spike in Reo昀昀ending Rates for Drug Driving by Jeremy Sirrell
page 54
Implant Failure and How It A昀昀ects the Cost of a Claim by Dr. Raj Kumar
page 57
SKAT v Solo by Expert Evidence
page 60
AI - the expectations for expert witnesses by Fay Water昀椀eld
page 67
Expert witnesses: what’s the price of a change of mind? by Tony Bingham
page 71
A Chartered Building Surveyor’s assistance to Merseyside Police by Tim Davies
page 75
Is DEI a PCP? by Peter Crowley
page 77
Court of Appeal 昀椀nds that digital assets in a computer game are property that can be stolen
by Adam Sanitt
page 84
Professor J. Peter A. Lodge MD FRCS FEBS
Recognised internationally as an expert in surgery for disorders relating
to the gallbladder, liver and bile ducts as well as weight loss (bariatric) surgery
Surgical training primarily under the guidance of Professor Geoffrey R Giles, and the
New England Deaconess Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, USA, under the
guidance of Professor Anthony P Monaco.
Please look at my website www.peterlodge.com for more information
but inquire by email: jpalodge@gmail.com
Telephone: PA +44 (0) 113 2185944
Address: Spire Leeds Hospital, Jackson Avenue, Leeds LS8 1NT
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