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Successful Use of Expert Witnesses - Suzanne Burn in association with Bond Solon Training


Expert witnesses are playing an increasingly important role in court cases.


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The Expert Witness in Court - A Practical Guide
Third edition fully updated
ISBN 978 0 7219 1442 8
Published November 2007 by Shaw & Sons
www.shaws.co.uk

The essential best practice guide for expert witnesses.

Expert advice and evidence can be crucial to the outcome of many civil disputes. Specialist opinion about technical or scientific matters is used to aid comprehension of the finer details and interpretation of the facts, whether in the early stages at experts’ meetings or in court itself.

Many consultants operating as experts have no experience or formal training in legal procedure, thus are unprepared for the rigours of cross-examination in court, or lack the knowledge as to exactly what their role entails. A poor presentation may leave the expert open to being discredited by examining counsel or, worse, by the field in which they have gained their technical expertise. Fortunately, the skills required to produce a well-written expert’s report and to perform competently in the witness box can be taught; this book exists for that purpose.

This third edition addresses important developments and changes, relevant to the practice of expert witnesses, including the requirement for experts to attend meetings, recent cases and their effect on expert practice, the impact of the new Criminal Procedure Rules, and the debate as to whether experts should be immune from further action regarding the evidence they give in court.

The book is written in plain English and is designed to be as easy to use as possible.

Catherine Bond, Mark Solon, Penny Harper and Gill Davies, Third edition fully updated, £29.50.

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