Expert Evidence Law & Practice

'Expert Evidence: Law and Practice' is a comprehensive survey of the law, practice and procedure relating to the admission of expert evidence in courts, tribunals, official enquiries and other proceedings (including arbitration). It gives detailed guidance to those involved in the pre-trial preparation of expert evidence or the presentation or questioning of it in court. The Civil Procedure Rules inaugurated a fundamentally new approach to expert evidence and this edition brings together the many developments that have occurred since introduction of the CPR. The features are: covers expert evidence in both civil and criminal proceedings; sets out general principles and deals with their application in specific contexts; examines pre-trial procedure; deals with every aspect of the expert witness in court; discusses the rules that apply in specific fields of litigation, such as medical reports in personal injury cases, patents, proceedings involving children and drink-driving cases; looks at tribunals not covered by the strict rules of evidence; and quotes in full all important statutory provisions and rules of the court.