“Excellent and thorough resource for expert witness work. Insightful and cleverly written by Mark Tottenham. Highly recommend.” – Justin Masterson, Civil engineer and arbitrator, with international project management experience, on large-scale infrastructure projects, April 2023 – link “This book is a must read.” – Christophe Champod PhD, Professor of Forensic Science,...
This week, the annual conference of The Bar of England and Wales heard of the difficulties faced by legal practitioners when tasked with engaging medical experts who are both currently...
When Virgin Records released the album Never Mind the Bollocks: Here’s the Sex Pistols, the owner of a record shop in Nottingham was prosecuted for obscenity after displaying a poster,...
The procedure known as ‘hot tubbing’ (‘concurrent evidence’ or ‘debate among experts’) has been adopted by the High Court in New Delhi for intellectual property disputes. The procedure is used...
A very useful discussion. See this excerpt: “As a firsthand example, the use of visual aids and hearing room technology recently proved valuable during a witness conferencing session (colloquially known...
He had to obtain his expertise somewhere: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/19/780877837/u-s-arrests-money-laundering-expert-for-laundering-money?t=1574262927867
...From the New York Law Journal (Law.com): “The three critical issues to think about at the outset are: (1) What expertise should the expert have? (2) Should the expert be...
A curious issue has arisen in Australia concerning a clinical psychologist found guilty of professional misconduct. This blog recently included a post on the primary issue. The psychologist had concluded...
The courts of Ontario have given guidance to expert witnesses who wish to use PowerPoint-type slides in their presentations in jury trials. The key points are as follows: “As a...
A new guide has been published by the UK’s Royal College of Surgeons entitled The Surgeon as an Expert Witness. Among other things it recommends that surgeons receive some legal...
The US Federal courts are coming under criticism for allowing music copyright cases to proceed. In a case against Pharrell Williams by the estate of Marvin Gaye, it is alleged...
In the High Court of England and Wales, it has been determined that a pirate attack and destruction of a ship named the Brillante Virtuoso were faked. Following extensive expert...
This blog post by barrister Charles Holland discusses the use of expert witnesses in licensing cases in England and Wales. It discusses the general duties of expert witnesses, and the...
