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An expert witness, particularly in common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert.
The role of expert witnesses in English law is to give explanations of difficult or technical topics in civil and criminal trials, to assist the fact finding process. The extent to which authorities have been allowed to testify, and on what topics, has been debated, and to this end a variety of criteria have evolved throughout English case law.
Jones v Kaney [2011] UKSC 13 is a 2011 decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on whether expert witnesses retained by a party in litigation can be sued for professional negligence in England and Wales, or whether they have the benefit of immunity from suit. The case involved a psychologist (Kaney) instructed as an expert witness in ...
Expert 'changed mind' over deaths, say Letby lawyers Stewart Whittingham & Rachael Lazaro - BBC News, Cheshire and Judith Moritz - BBC Special Correspondent December 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Lucy Letby’s lawyers seek fresh appeal after saying expert witness ‘changed his mind’ over deaths. Barney Davis. December 16, 2024 at 5:10 PM.
Lead expert not reliable so Letby’s convictions ‘unsafe’ 15:09, Barney Davis. Dr Dewi Evans had told the jury Letby had injected air down a nasal gastric tube, leading to the death of three ...
The Academy of Experts (TAE; formerly the British Academy of Experts) is a UK legal institute for expert witnesses.It was founded in 1987 with the objective of providing a professional body for experts to establish and promote high objective standards.
Dawson was expert witness in the 2014 re-trial of the World's End pub murders of teenagers, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott, found Angus Sinclair, guilty when soil samples (taken in 1977) from Helen Scott's bare feet, were studied using her techniques, after the law on 'double jeopardy' in Scotland had changed. [8]
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