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Experts in the Civil Courts
Expert Witness Institute
Edited by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC
248 pages
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246x171mm
978-0-19-929794-8
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Hardback
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24 August 2006
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- Comprehensive new guide to the controversial area of expert evidence in civil litigation
- An authoritative first port-of-call for civil litigation practitioners, the judiciary, and professionals who act as expert witnesses
- Provides detailed commentary to the new procedures under Part 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules
- Contains practical guidance to the key issues that arise in practice, including accreditation, the solicitor/expert relationship, experts' reports and privilege, court management of expert evidence, the single joint expert, and experts' immunity from liability
- Also looks at the historical background to expert testimony, and discusses the future development of the law, with reference to developments in the courts and other tribunals
- Written by a leading multidisciplinary contributor team, many of whom were involved in the Working Party on the Code of Guidance for Expert Evidence
- Edited by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, a past Chair and Governor of the Expert Witness Institute
Expert evidence in the civil justice system remains a controversial area, and one which continues to develop in the context of the changes in civil litigation brought about by the Woolf reforms. In June 2005 the Civil Justice Council's Protocol for the Instruction of Experts was launched to provide guidance to legal professionals and those acting as experts. The recent disciplinary case taken against Sir Roy Meadow by the General Medical Council relating to his expert evidence in a criminal trial - while not directly a civil matter - served to highlight a number of the key problems faced by experts in giving opinion evidence
to courts.
This new title is a comprehensive guide and reference book for all who are concerned with the quality of expert evidence in the courts. The text focuses on civil practice and looks in detail at the impact of the Civil Procedure Rules on expert evidence. It concentrates on the practical aspects of having experts give evidence, and looks at areas which have caused particular confusion, or on which case law is gradually emerging. Coverage will include the accreditation of experts, the litigant solicitor/expert witness relationship, experts' reports and privilege, court management of expert evidence, the single joint expert, and experts' immunity from liability. The book also includes an illustrative account of one expert's experience in a complex class action
relating to a pharmaceutical product.
In addition to practical guidance, the book also provides a historical background to expert testimony and discusses the future development of the law, with reference to developments in the courts and other tribunals.
Written by a team of leading practitioners, many of whom were members of the Working Party on the Code of Guidance for Expert Evidence, the book is an authoritative first port-of-call for civil litigation practitioners who use experts or come across them regularly in their work, the judiciary, and for experts themselves.Readership: Primary: Civil practitioners who use experts or come across them regularly in their work:
solicitors, barristers, and the judiciary. Particular fields where experts are used regularly include personal injury/clinical negligence, crofessional negligence, and construction. Secondary: professionals who act as expert witnesses (eg Engineers, Surveyors, Accountants, Medical Professionals), law academics and students of civil procedure, university and reference libraries in the UK and overseas (particularly in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and European Union countries).
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Expert Witness Institute Edited by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, Bencher of the Middle TempleContributors:
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC, Bencher of the Middle Temple
Suzanne Burn, Solicitor, District Judge
Roger Clements, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Penny Cooper, Barrister, Associate Dean, Inns of Court School of Law and Director of Knowledge Transfer, City Law School, London
Professor Evelyn Ebsworth, Council for the Registration of Forensic
Practitioners
The Rt Hon Sir Robin Jacob, Lord Justice of Appeal
Kay Linnell, Director, Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support, Smith Williamson
His Honour Judge Nic Madge, Circuit Judge
Paul McNeil, Solicitor, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse
Professor Klim Macpherson, Visiting Professor of Public Health Epidemiology (Consultant in Public Health), Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Brian Thompson, Company Secretary of the Expert Witness Institute (1997-2006)
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"
As I read this book, I quickly found relevant parts which verified dubious incidents I have experienced in court trial - the clear definitions therein confirmed that I had followed correct procedure... please thank all those who gave their time to share their wisdom and give advice. Our congratulations again for the successful publication of this excellent book.
" - Maureen Ward-Gandy, Forensic Document and Handwriting Expert
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Foreword by Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls
Editor's Prologue by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC
1: Louis Blom-Cooper and Penny Cooper: Historical Background
2: Evelyn Ebsworth: Accreditation: A Novel Approach
3: Suzanne Burn: Litigant Solicitor/Expert Relationship
4: Nic Madge: Court Management
5: Suzanne Burn and Brian Thompson: Single Joint Expert
6: Paul McNeil: Experts' Reports
7: Roger Clements: Questions and Discussions
8: Louis Blom-Cooper: Assessors
9: Suzanne Burn and Louis Blom-Cooper: Remedies against the Defaulting Expert
10: Kay Linnell and Louis Blom-Cooper: Alternative Dispute Resolution
11: Louis Blom-Cooper and Roger Clements: Duty to the Court
12: Penny Cooper: Training
13: Klim McPherson: One Expert's Experience
14: Louis Blom-Cooper and Robin Jacob: Conclusions
Appendix 1: CPR Part 35: Experts and Assessors
Appendix 2: Part 35 Practice Direction: Experts and Assessors
Appendix 3: Protocol for the Instruction of Experts to give evidence in civil claims
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