Conference 2006

The Immune Expert...

On 30th June The Academy of Experts is holding its conference The Immune Expert... at the Brewery, London EC1. The Conference will focus on some of the most pressing issues facing Experts today.

Speakers at the Conference will be drawn from the judiciary, the Bar and some of today’s leading Experts.

The case of Sir Roy Meadow sent shock waves through the community. Different aspects caused horror and concern in different camps. Coming after other cases where the expert evidence gave ‘concern’ the after shocks of Meadow are still reverberating.

• Does an expert have blanket immunity from anything and everything?
• Should there be immunity – and if so from what?
• Is the trial judge to become the ‘official judge & jury’?
• Are there standards with which the expert has to comply and will they actually be enforced?

The questions are almost endless whilst the answers are sparse.

This Conference will address these fundamental questions and will provide sensible practical answers. As always with Academy conferences delegate participation will be encouraged. An integral part of the day will be a series of essential ‘updates for experts’.

The Programme

The draft programme so far is below.

Keynote

The story so far …

• A review of the Meadow case and its implications

Should Experts have any immunity? If so…

• From what?
• At what ‘cost’?
• Accreditation? Regulation? Judicial control? Enforcing Part 35?

The paperless Expert (and court)

• A review of the IT used by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry and reflections on the future for Experts

The Experts Report

a comparison between the requirements in:

• Canada
• England & Wales
• Germany
• Scotland

Updates for Experts:

• Civil Justice Council Experts Committee
• Protection from the judges?
• Judicial Appointments & Conduct Ombudsman
• Money laundering obligations
• Legal Services Commission Consultation
• Criminal Procedure Rules
  The new Rules – CPR renamed or …?

Privilege

• an update for Experts

Getting paid

• Expert’s remuneration
• The Leipzig Report (a comparative European study)

Please note that this programme may be subject to change

Registration

• Email the Academy of Experts

• Telephone the Academy

• Download a Registration form

Accommodation