Overview
Expert witnesses can be the lifeblood of a lawyer's case. This handbook applies recent pronouncements of the courts to the involvement of experts in civil litigation. It presents practical tips and techniques for lawyers with respect to the participation of experts from initial retainer, instruction, and report, to preparing experts to testify, leading experts' evidence at trial, and cross-examination. In each chapter, the handbook uses court cases as examples of the points under discussion. Readers can see how case analysis applies to the role of experts in these cases.
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Author: Professor John Hollander (Yale University)
Publisher: Irwin Law
Imprint: Irwin Law
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.327kg
ISBN: 9781552214268
ISBN 10: 1552214265
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 04 April 2017
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This guide...is very practical and geared towards filling in the gaps that academia did not fill for the young lawyer. It tells the reader what those other resources do not: consider whether the education or the experience of a selected expert will be granted more weight by the court; request that the expert report contain an executive summary; teach the expert the may I explain? tactic if she is going to be questioned in court; do not make the mistake of asking the opposition's expert one question too many on cross-examination. ... Hollander's practical guide is scattered with real and fictional case studies and questioning samples. The young advocate dealing with their first case involving an expert will gain confidence from this short read. --Anna Mahood Canadian Law Library Review (2018) 43:1, 20
This guide...is very practical and geared towards filling in the gaps that academia did not fill for the young lawyer. It tells the reader what those other resources do not: consider whether the education or the experience of a selected expert will be granted more weight by the court; request that the expert report contain an executive summary; teach the expert the may I explain? tactic if she is going to be questioned in court; do not make the mistake of asking the opposition's expert one question too many on cross-examination. ... Hollander's practical guide is scattered with real and fictional case studies and questioning samples. The young advocate dealing with their first case involving an expert will gain confidence from this short read. --Anna Mahood, Canadian Law Library Review (2018) 43:1, 20
"""This guide...is very practical and geared towards filling in the gaps that academia did not fill for the young lawyer. It tells the reader what those other resources do not: consider whether the education or the experience of a selected expert will be granted more weight by the court; request that the expert report contain an executive summary; teach the expert the ""may I explain?"" tactic if she is going to be questioned in court; do not make the mistake of asking the opposition's expert ""one question too many"" on cross-examination. ... Hollander's practical guide is scattered with real and fictional case studies and questioning samples. The young advocate dealing with their first case involving an expert will gain confidence from this short read.""--Anna Mahood, Canadian Law Library Review (2018) 43:1, 20"
Author Information
John Hollander, LLM, Queen's University (1976), called to the Ontario Bar in 1978. John has a passion for mentoring and teaching young lawyers. He offers seminars and workshops on advocacy skills -- see www.advocacyclub.ca. Recently, John has started to interview leading Ottawa lawyers for his podcast series, www.chatwithlawyers.ca.
