Expert Witnesses: The Need to Remain Current
Expert witnesses are professionally and ethically obligated to remain current in their field of expertise. Parties who retain experts and the courts that rely upon their testimony are entitled to expect that they are receiving the latest information from their experts. When I am tendering an expert witness before the court, in the...
What Should be in an Expert Report?
The culmination of an expert’s work is the expert report. The expert report represents the final written product of the expert and serves a number of important purposes. First, it documents the methodology and work of the expert, thereby outlining for counsel what work the expert has undertaken, what processes were used and...
Computer Generated Evidence: What Must the Expert Know?
In many areas of scientific expertise, computers are used to generate what will often be used as evidence in court. Examples include video image clarifications, 2D and 3D modelling, collision simulations, crime scene diagrams, etc. A common tactic used in court is for opposing counsel to grill the expert on his/her knowledge of...