The Expert Witness (Paperback, 3rd ed.)

The principal aim of this book is to provide guidance and encouragement for the expert who is a newcomer to personal participation in legal proceedings in his or her professional role. "book is intended to fulfil: not to furnish grist for the intense analysis of recondite issues, but to give professionals without extensive experience of the adversarial way of resolving disputes a practical introduction to the problems which they are likely to face, and to the ways in which they should prepare for and perform their various functions. As such it fills a real need." Lord Mustill, Foreword Contents .Emergence of the Expert Witness .Access to Justice Report .Appointment of Experts .The Written Report of the Expert Witness .Outline of Civil Proceedings .Outlines of Civil and Criminal Court Hearings .Rules of Evidence .Hearsay Evidence .The Expert in the Witness Box .The Expert Witness as Advocate .Expert Witnesses in Arbitration Cases .Liability of the Expert Witness .Terms of Appointment .The Psychiatrist and the Mental Health Review Tribunal .The Integrity of the Expert Witness A judge and a surveyor have collaborated to produce a book of real practical use: invaluable for any expert.