Experts in the Spotlight
15 April, 2005
New Hall, Cambridge
Setting the Scene
Tom Magner, SEW Press Officer, Forensic Engineer
Session 1: All in the Mind
Awfully Simple or Simply Awful?
Charles Fortt, Consultant on Sexual Crimes and Domestic Violence
Session2: Unlocking the Secrets
What Type of Thinker are You?
Professor Craig Mahone, Behavioural Psychologist, University of Wolverhampton
Avoiding Pitfalls
Mark Rapley, Independent Forensic Psychologist
Session3: In the Limelight
What’s in a Story?
The Art of the Correspondent
Tom Magner, SEW Press Officer, Forensic Engineer
Session 4: Hold the Front Page
Smoke and Mirrors
Julie Cooper, Deputy District Judge
Caught in the Spotlight
Dr Nat Cary, Home Office Forensic Pathologist
Experts in Defence – of Clients or Themselves
21 October 2005
Chilworth Manor, Southampton
Session 1: Defence Work in the Civil Justice System
The Enemy at the Gates
Lea Brocklebank, Solicitor, Bond Pearce LLP
Competing Pressures on the Insurance Industry
Alex Murray, Insurance Consultant, FitzGerald Consulting
Session 2: The Death Knell for Expert Immunity
Negligence, Misconduct and Immunity
Jeremy Roussak, former Surgeon, now a specialist Clinical Negligence Barrister
Expert Exodus
Sir Graeme Catto, President of the General Medical Council (filmed)
Expert Expert Regulation
Alan Kershaw, Chief Executive, CRFP
Beating a Path
Richard Rawlins, Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon
In Good Faith
Tom Manger, Journalist, SEW Press Officer & Forensic Engineer
Open Forum