The Expert Witness (Xpl Professional Guide) - Softcover

Graham-Hall, Jean; Smith, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858113741 ISBN 13: 9781858113746

Publisher: XPL Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Gordon Smith lives in San Francisco. THE FOREST IN THE HALLWAY, his first book, began as a story told to his daughter, now in college, during their daily commute to her middle school.

Edition details

• Publisher: XPL Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858113741
• ISBN 13: 9781858113746
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 168