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The changing role of the independent expert witness

By: Series: Health and Safety Bulletin ; (289) June 2000, 9-11(3)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: A year after Lord Woolf's "Access to Justice" report, the article looks at the effect of the civil litigation reforms on the role of the expert witness. Discusses who qualifies as an expert, the training process, and the question of expert witnesses' independence in court.

A year after Lord Woolf's "Access to Justice" report, the article looks at the effect of the civil litigation reforms on the role of the expert witness. Discusses who qualifies as an expert, the training process, and the question of expert witnesses' independence in court.