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Child Witnesses – Developing Evidence-Gathering Techniques
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...
The Hubristic Witness: A Cautionary Litigation Tale
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,...
Witness Preparation Part 2: Experiential not Evidential – the UK Approach
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...
Enter LiP, Exit Expert Witness?
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 reports...
Expert Tips from an expert Expert Witness
Jim Wigmore is a Canadian Forensic Alcohol Toxicologist with more than 35 years experience appearing as an expert witness. The name Wigmore is almost synonymous with the law of evidence and, with over 600 trials under his belt, Jim can rightly be described as an...
Witness Preparation Part 1: Practising the Dark Art of Witness Coaching? The US Approach
This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my facebook page, my twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it’s easy to establish a dialogue.- Paulo Coelho
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