Single joint expert
Definition
An expert appointed jointly by the parties and the court, rather than by one side. Common in lower-value UK civil claims under the CPR. The single joint expert owes a duty to both parties and the court, which makes independence even more visible but can create difficulties in adversarial proceedings.
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...
- Hot-tubbing (concurrent evidence)
- A procedure, originating in Australia and adopted in some UK and international arbitration proceedings, in which experts from both sides are questioned...
- 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...
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