Hot-tubbing (concurrent evidence)
Definition
A procedure, originating in Australia and adopted in some UK and international arbitration proceedings, in which experts from both sides are questioned together in the same session. The procedure can expose genuine disagreements and narrow contested issues more efficiently than sequential examination.
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...
- Expert report
- A written document prepared by the expert before trial or hearing, setting out their qualifications, the materials reviewed, the methodology applied, and...
- Frye standard
- The US legal test for admissibility of scientific evidence, originating from Frye v. United States (1923), which required that a technique be...
- Part 35 (CPR)
- Part 35 of the UK Civil Procedure Rules governs expert evidence in civil proceedings in England and Wales. It imposes a codified...
- Single joint expert
- An expert appointed jointly by the parties and the court, rather than by one side. Common in lower-value UK civil claims under...
Explained in
- Expert Witness Testimony in Fraud CasesA procedure, originating in Australia and adopted in some UK and international arbitration proceedings, in which experts from both sides are questioned togethe...