CPD Part 35
Definition
Part 35 of the English Civil Procedure Rules governing expert witnesses. Requires a written declaration of duty, disclosure of instructions, and a statement of opinion. Parallel provisions for criminal proceedings appear in the Criminal Procedure Rules Part 19.
Related terms
- Daubert standard
- The US federal evidentiary standard (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993) requiring that expert testimony be based on scientifically valid methods with...
- Duty to the court
- The obligation of expert witnesses in UK proceedings (and, to varying degrees, in other jurisdictions) to assist the court with objective, unbiased...
- Forensic Science Regulator
- A statutory or quasi-statutory body (in England and Wales, established formally under the Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021) that oversees quality standards...
- Frye standard
- The US legal test for admissibility of scientific evidence, originating from Frye v. United States (1923), which required that a technique be...
- Ikarian Reefer principles
- A set of guidelines from the English civil case National Justice Compania Naviera v. Prudential Assurance (1993), widely cited in English courts,...
Explained in
- The Expert Geologist: Qualification, Report, and AdmissibilityPart 35 of the English Civil Procedure Rules governing expert witnesses. Requires a written declaration of duty, disclosure of instructions, and a statement of...