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Your Witness
... the expert’s forum for discussion and information
dissemination
Published quarterly and distributed free to all
registered expert witnesses, Your Witness acts as a forum
for the discussion and dissemination of information relevant to
practising expert witnesses.
Coverage ranges from highly topical issues (such as legal reform
and court reports) to more ‘background’ business matters
(including getting paid, fees, disbursements
and much more).
The following table shows the contents of the last four issues.
To gauge the quality of Your Witness firsthand, you can
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| Issue 61,
September 2010 |
In this issue we look at some Court of Appeal guidance on how juries should choose between experts who disagree in their opinions (and wonder just how its effectiveness can be tested when we don't know, and can't research, how juries make their decisions). We take a look at expert determination, a form of ADR that is growing in popularity. We review a case in which expert evidence on custom and practice in an industry played an important role, and we anticipate some of the arguments likely to play out at the Supreme Court when expert immunity comes under the spotlight in early January 2011. |
| Issue 60,
June 2010 |
In this issue we look at the next stage in the Ministry of Justice attempt to get to grips with the cost of expert evidence paid out of public funds. We take a detailed look at the 'hot tub' system, developed in Australia, that Jackson LJ has recommended be tested over here. We consider the future for MROs given their last-minute reprise by Jackson LJ in his Review of Civil Litigation Costs, and we ask whether jurors are able to comprehend the technical expert evidence put before them. |
| Issue 59,
March 2010 |
In this issue we look at a proposal to integrate experts more tightly into the Family Court process, review a recent case that deals with how an expert can express the strength of his opinion and report on a recent appeal involving the Low Copy Number DNA procedure in which once again the technique received the official seal of approval. We also summarise the developments in expert witness immunity as a new attempt to remove this important protection (important for litigants, not experts, that is) sees the matter heading to the Supreme Court and ask whether there is anything an expert can do to overturn the decision of a Determining Officer. |
| Issue 58,
December 2009 |
In this issue we report back on the latest in our series of bi-annual expert witness surveys. We consider the proposals made by the Ministry of Justice to cap expert witness fees, and summarise our response to the MoJ, which predicts a serious impact on the supply of experts willing to undertake forensic work if the proposals are implemented without radical modification. We also report on three cases dealing with the introduction of fresh expert evidence in criminal appeals, and ask for your help in gathering information on the activities of professional regulators and on the judicial criticism of expert witnesses. |
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