Expert Witness in UK Law
-
Expert witness qualifications and selection
Defines an expert witness as a specialist who uses special knowledge, skill, training or experience to provide testimony to aid the factfinder. Discusses the criteria and qualifications that should...
-
Legal control of expert witness bias
Impartiality of expert witnesses means that such experts operate within scientific principles and legal procedures. By doing so, they assist the trier of fact. There are two aspects to the requirem...
-
The expert witness’s duty of impartiality in Canada
In this case note, the authors review a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in which the Court tightened the admissibility requirements of expert witnesses. The Supreme Court confirmed t...
-
Closing the Credibility Gap: The Prosecutorial Use of Expert Witness Testimony in Sexual Assault Cases
Recent Home Office research indicates that complainants in sexual offence cases still struggle to gain credibility in the eyes of police, prosecutors and jurors. This article examines some of the c...
- Book Review: The Expert Witness
- Expert Witness and Insanity
- Multiple Infant Deaths: Expert Witness Testimony
- Duties of the Expert Witness
-
An “expert witness” perspective on performance appraisal in universities and colleges
Effective performance management of professionals in knowledge based organisations has particular significance, but is an under researched area in the literature. Universities and colleges are know...
-
Expert Witness Evidence in Sexual Assault Trials: Questions, Answers and Law Reform in Australia and England
A review of the psychological literature shows that jury-eligible citizens rely on a range of misconceptions based on victim and gender stereotypes when assessing the credibility of sexual assault ...
See all results