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...
by Nikki Pender | Nov 2, 2017 | Expert witness training
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...
by Nikki Pender | Sep 12, 2017 | Expert witness training
The New Zealand High Court’s Code of Conduct for Experts has been amended. From 1 September 2017, if an expert is engaged under a conditional fee agreement, he or she owes a duty to disclose to the court that fact and the basis on which he or she is to be paid (new...
by Nikki Pender | Sep 12, 2017 | Expert witness training
A recent Law Talk article has considered some of the challenges faced by expert witnesses in the NZ courts, and those who work with them. Some of the issues identified – the small pool of experienced experts, the reluctance of some experts to appear in court and...
by Nikki Pender | Apr 13, 2017 | Expert witness training
In 2006, the Judicial Commission of New South Wales and the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration released a video demonstrating how concurrent expert evidence can work in a trial. Fronted by Justice McClellan, then the Chief Judge, Common Law, of the...
by Nikki Pender | Apr 13, 2017 | Expert witness training
In 2006, the Judicial Commission of New South Wales and the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration released a video demonstrating how concurrent expert evidence can work in a trial. Fronted by Justice McClellan, then the Chief Judge, Common Law, of the...
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