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
- Any financial, personal, institutional, or reputational interest that could, or could appear to, compromise the independence of an expert's conclusions. Must be...
- 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 with specialised knowledge or skill who is permitted to give opinion evidence to a court, as distinct from a witness...
- 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 in English civil proceedings to serve both parties rather than each party instructing their own expert. Reduces adversarial distortion...
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...