Covering both civil and criminal proceedings, Expert Evidence * Provides comprehensive coverage ofexpert evidence in courts, tribunals,official enquiries and other proceedings, including arbitration.* Sets out general principles and deals with the application of those principles in specific context.* Provides guidance on pre-trial preparation of expert evidence.* Deals with every aspect of the expert witness in court. * Goes through methods of cross-examining experts. * Looks individually at areas such as forensic science, psychiatric evidence, valuation of land and buildings, and evidence with a mathematical element. * Discusses the rules that apply in specific fields of litigation, such as medical reports in personal injury cases, patents, construction claims, proceedings involving children and drunk-driving cases. * Looks at tribunals not covered by the strict rules of evidence. * Quotes in full all important statutory provisions and rules of the court....
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