by Nikki Pender | Jan 13, 2020 | Witness Familiarisation
On 14 October 2012, Austrian thrill seeker Felix Baumgarter took a supersonic leap from a balloon suspended nearly 39 kms above Earth, reached a top speed of more than 1,350 km/h and became the first person to skydive through the stratosphere and break the...
by Nikki Pender | May 15, 2018 | Witness Familiarisation
In The Fascinating Science of Child Witnesses, Newroom journalist Eloise Gibson reports on recent studies into child witnesses and the ways researchers are redesigning interview techniques to elicit the most accurate evidence from them. It is hoped that these improved...
by Nikki Pender | Feb 2, 2018 | Witness Familiarisation
When you intend to call successful, confident, business people as witnesses, it is easy to get lulled into a false sense of security and overlook the litigation risks. But, as this recent Washington Post article[i] vividly illustrates, it is not only inexperienced,...
by Nikki Pender | Nov 23, 2017 | Bond Solon, Witness Familiarisation
This is Part 2 of a series that looks at witness preparation practices in different jurisdictions. The US approach was considered in Part 1, Practising the Dark Art of Witness Coaching? In the UK there is a clear distinction between form and content: familiarisation...
by Nikki Pender | Nov 10, 2017 | Bond Solon, Expert witness training
Are access to justice issues also causing expert witnesses to lose faith in the justice system? Results of the 2017 Bond Solon/UK Times’ expert witness survey seem to suggest so. In an article Why Trials are Losing Their Appeal to Expert Witnesses, The Times...
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