Expert witnesses are needed in order to properly present a personal injury case to the Court. This paper discusses the rules relating to the use of expert evidence in the Courtroom.
An article written for young lawyers regarding preparing an expert witness for trial, first published in the OTLA Litigator magazine – June
2011 issue
Recent changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure will affect doctors, psychologists, occupational therapists, engineers, accountants and all other professionals who may be called upon to testify in court as an “expert”. The role of the expert witness is to assist the court on specialist or technical matters within their expertise.