Expert Witnesses

More than four out of five expert witnesses want judges to be willing to give them anonymity in criminal or controversial cases. The finding comes from the 2023 Expert Witness Survey, from the Law Society Gazette, and concerns cases in which experts are instructed to give evidence in emotionally dif

Julie Hamilton comments on the role of the expert witness in the wake of a recent case south of the border. The recent, high profile collapse of a multimillion pound fraud trial in London highlights the importance of expert evidence. The role of an expert witness should be to provide the court with