Carter Review, Oct 2005: Survey


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Rate the Register's submission to the Carter Review

This survey closed on 24 November 2005. We received 264 responses.

Our proposed submission to the Carter Review sets out a number of key observations, statements and suggestions. One way you can respond to the Carter Review is to endorse or reject our response using the feedback form below.

Section 1 of the feedback form contains questions that will allow us to understand, and report back on, any differences in the views expressed based on the work profile of the experts who respond.

Alternatively, you may respond to the Carter Review by sending us your written response. tell me how...

	Section 1: About you...

	Your name:
	Your e-mail address:
	Your telephone number:

	What percentage of your workload is expert witness work?	%

	How is your expert witness workload split between:
	criminal cases?	%
	civil cases?	%
	family cases?	%

	What percentage of your expert witness workload is publicly funded in:
	criminal cases?	%
	civil cases?	%
	family cases?	%

Section 2: Early involvement of expert witnesses		Your level of support 1 = Strongly agree 3 = Neutral 5 = Strongly disagree
1	Do you agree that the current system wastes money by not having expert evidence available early in the life of a case?	1 2 3 4 5
2	Do you think expert input to early case management is best achieved by:
	a) commissioning individual experts on a case-by-case basis?	1 2 3 4 5
	b) having a system of block contracts for experts?	1 2 3 4 5
	c) forming panels of experts within the LSC and CPS?	1 2 3 4 5
3	Do you agree that expert witnesses should be expected to communicate directly with barristers?	1 2 3 4 5

Section 3: Staged instruction		Your level of support 1 = Strongly agree 3 = Neutral 5 = Strongly disagree
4	Do you agree that expert witnesses should not be expected to work for inadequate payment?	1 2 3 4 5
5	Do you agree that expert witnesses are not competent to determine what aspects of a case can be omitted from consideration?	1 2 3 4 5
6	Do you agree that cost savings can only be realised by the solicitor instructing the expert witness to undertake a programme of work that can be completed within the available budget?	1 2 3 4 5
7	Do you agree that our suggested staged approach to the instruction of experts would be likely to help achieve proportionality between the cost of expert evidence and the quantum in a civil case, or the seriousness of the crime?	1 2 3 4 5
8	Do you agree that a staged approach to the instruction of experts would offer a way for the LSC case workers to make more informed decisions on applications for prior authorities?	1 2 3 4 5

Section 4: Pre-trial meetings of experts		Your level of support 1 = Strongly agree 3 = Neutral 5 = Strongly disagree
9	Do you agree that openness with respect to expert evidence enshrined in the Civil Procedure Rules should be adopted in the criminal jurisdiction?	1 2 3 4 5
10	Do you agree that pre-trial meetings of experts should be introduced in criminal cases?	1 2 3 4 5
11	Do you agree that, in tandem with pre-trial meetings, rebuttal reports should no longer be allowed, such rebuttals being left to cross-examination?	1 2 3 4 5
12	Do you agree that pre-trial meetings of experts would lead to a better, and earlier, assessment of the expert evidence?	1 2 3 4 5

	Section 5: Send your response
	Click this button to send your response to us. If you would like to add anything more to your response, please click the submit button below and then follow the prompt on the next screen.

	I wish this response, and my name, to be kept confidential to J S Publications and the Carter Review Team.

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