Expert evidence : law, practice, procedure and advocacy / Ian Freckelton QC.
"Expert Evidence analyses the common law and statutory criteria for expert evidence admissibility and provides advocacy guidance in relation to how best expert witnesses can be assisted to provide their opinions to courts and be made accountable for them. It discusses the optimal ways for concu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Pyrmont, N.S.W. :
Thomson Reuters,
2019.
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
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| Summary: | "Expert Evidence analyses the common law and statutory criteria for expert evidence admissibility and provides advocacy guidance in relation to how best expert witnesses can be assisted to provide their opinions to courts and be made accountable for them. It discusses the optimal ways for concurrent evidence (hot-tubbing) and experts‘ meetings prior to court hearings (expert conclaves) to be managed. It reviews decisions in relation to the disciplinary and civil liability of expert witnesses, and the potential for wasted costs orders to be made against experts, as well as the lawyers who commission them. It analyses the role of assessors, referees and court-appointed experts, as well as the forensic consequences of courts’ codes of conduct for experts, including when breaches of such codes may have to adverse consequences. It also reviews trends in appellate case law in relation to trial judges’ decisions to admit and decline to admit expert opinions"--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | xcvii, 1409 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0455238421 9780455238425 |