Expert evidence : law, practice, procedure and advocacy / Ian Freckelton.
"The Seventh Edition of Expert Evidence is the acclaimed work of first resort for analysing the complex law and practice surrounding expert witnesses and expert evidence in personal injury, commercial, criminal and family law litigation. It has been cited for over two decades by superior courts...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Pyrmont, NSW :
Thomson Reuters,
2024.
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| Edition: | Seventh edition. |
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| Summary: | "The Seventh Edition of Expert Evidence is the acclaimed work of first resort for analysing the complex law and practice surrounding expert witnesses and expert evidence in personal injury, commercial, criminal and family law litigation. It has been cited for over two decades by superior courts in Australia, New Zealand and other countries and is the leading international work on its subject. Expert Evidence analyses the common law and statutory criteria for expert evidence admissibility, providing advocacy guidance on how best to assist expert witnesses in courts and to hold them accountable in cross-examination. It discusses the optimal ways for managing concurrent evidence and expert conclaves prior to court hearings. 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 adverse consequences. It also reviews trends in appellate case law in relation to trial judges' decisions to admit and decline to admit expert opinions. Expert Evidence also deals with specialist knowledge where admissibility and reliability issues have been encountered, including in relation to novel medical and scientific evidence, and counter-intuitive opinions from mental health professionals. It examines expert evidence on accounting, engineering, statistical, anthropological, survey, and planning evidence, and foreign law matters. The Seventh Edition has been further refined to increase accessibility to legal practitioners and experts from a range of disciplines, and to widen its scope. Its international focus is significantly enhanced with legal authorities from across the common law world being referred to and critiqued, reflecting increasing signs of the adoption of internationally consistent approaches to expert evidence."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Previous edition: 2019. |
| Physical Description: | lxxxix, 1529 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1411-1480) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780455502908 0455502900 |