Research Catalog

Title

Expert evidence : law and practice / by Tristram Hodgkinson and Mark James ; with a foreword by Sir Henry Brooke.

Author

Hodgkinson, Tristram

Publication

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2007.

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Additional Authors

James, Mark

Description

xciii, 722 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Since the first edition was published, a lot of developments have affected the way in which the courts handle expert evidence. This edition remains faithful to the original and details the developments since its publication.

Series Statement

Litigation library

Uniform Title

Litigation library.

Subject

• Evidence, Expert > England
• Evidence, Expert > Wales

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Part A: Introduction -- The principles and development of expert evidence -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Non-opinion expert evidence -- 3. Novel scientific ideas and techniques: the twilight zone.
• Part B: Pre-trial practice and procedure -- 4. Pre-trial procedure -- 5. Single joint experts, assessors and experts appointed by the Court.
• Part C: Evidence at trial -- 6. The expert witness at trial -- 7. The form and content of expert evidence -- 8. Experts and hearsay evidence -- 9. Evidence produced by machines, devices and other apparatus -- 10. The evidential value of expert evidence -- 11. Privilege and confidentiality -- 12. Costs and fees -- 13. Immunity.
• Part D: Methods of proof -- 14. Psychological and psychiatric evidence -- 15. The valuation of land and buildings -- 16. Forensic sciences and techniques -- 17. Acturial, accountancy and market research: evidence with a mathematical element -- 18. Proof of foreign law.
• Part E: Specific tribunals -- 19. Tribunals not governed by the strict rules of evidence -- 20. Specific commercial jurisdictions.
• Part F: Fields of litigation -- 21. Medical reports in personal injury cases -- 22. Construction claims -- 23. Intellectual property -- 24. Criminal sentencing -- 25. Drink/driving offences -- 26. Obscenity -- 27. Matrimonial and other proceedings involving children.
• Part G: Expert evidence: the future -- 28. Expert evidence: the future.
• Appendix 1: Criminal Justice Act 2003 sections 114-136 -- 2: Civil Procedure Rules Part 1 and 35 (including Part 35 Practice Direction) -- 3: Civil Justice Council's "Protocol for the Instruction of Experts to give Evidence in Civil Claims" -- 4: Criminal Procedure Rules Parts 1 and 24.

ISBN

• 0421889306 (cloth)
• 9780421889309 (cloth)

LCCN

^^2007386280

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library