Immunity and Certainty
6 October 2006
Studley Castle, Warwickshire
Session 1: Immunity: who should be the gatekeeper?
Dr Stephen Castell, Information Technolgy Consultant
Expert Witness immunity: history, principle and practice
Charles Foster, Barrister
Immunity: a personal view
Carol Moore, Chartered Psychologist
Proportionate Regulation: less is more
Alan Kershaw, Chief Executive of the CRFP
Session 2: Lessons from the Helpline
Richard Cory-Pearce, SEW Secretary, Consultant Surgeon
Session 3: Certainty – a Holy Grail for the court, anathema to the expert
The Society Debate
Dr Antony Anderson, Electrical Engineer; Julie Cooper, Solicitor & Deputy District Judge; Dr Simon Meller, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist; Bill O’Brian, Associate Professor, Warwick Law School; Lord Dick Taverne, House of Lords Science & Technology Select Committee