Testifying Expert
Definition
An expert whose opinion will be disclosed to the opposing party and presented in proceedings, as opposed to a consulting expert whose advice stays privileged and advisory.
Related terms
- Conflict of Interest
- A situation in which a person's private interests, financial, personal, or professional, could improperly affect their exercise of a duty to an...
- 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...
- Expert Witness
- A person whose specialised knowledge is accepted by a court and who gives opinion evidence, not just factual evidence. Forensic auditors frequently...
- Hot-Tubbing
- Concurrent evidence procedure in which opposing experts give evidence together, often debating their technical disagreements in front of the tribunal. Used to...
- Single Joint Expert (SJE)
- An expert appointed by a court or agreed by both parties to provide a single neutral opinion rather than one expert per...
Explained in
- The Forensic Engineer as Expert WitnessAn expert whose opinion will be disclosed to the opposing party and presented in proceedings, as opposed to a consulting expert whose advice stays privileged a...