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Re-Examination

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AuthorPeter Lyons
Pages169-171
11 Re-Examination

Re-examination, or re-direct as it is called in arbitrations and in the United States, is when you get to ask questions of your witness when the cross-examination is finished.

The purpose of re-examination is to remove any uncertainties or ambiguities caused by the cross-examination. In addition, you may reexamine if you think your witness is able to give an explanation which you know will assist and which the witness was prevented from giving by the cross-examiner. In some jurisdictions you may have the good fortune of being allowed to consult your witness first.

It is not, as is mistakenly thought, an opportunity for your witness to repeat what was in the evidence-in-chief (direct) or the witness statement. Nor is it an opportunity to open new ground. You do not get a second bite of the cherry.

Your questions must arise from the cross-examination. They must not be leading and...

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