Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2008) 14: 37-41. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.106.002956
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The psychiatrist as expert witness. Part 1: general principles and civil cases

Keith J. B. Rix

Keith Rix is a consultant forensic psychiatrist practising independently in London, Norfolk and West Yorkshire and at Cygnet Hospital, Wyke. He is based in West Yorkshire (The Grange, 92 Whitcliffe Road, Cleckheaton, BD19 3DR, UK. Email: drrix{at}the-grange.org.uk). He is a Fellow of the Expert Witness Institute and a Member of the Academy of Experts. He sits as Chairman of the General Medical Council’s Fitness to Practise Panel.

Expert witnesses have recently had a bad press but they have long played an important role in the administration of justice. This article begins by drawing attention to the guidance of the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges for medical expert witnesses and then sets out the latest guidance for experts in civil cases.


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