Experts in the civil courts / Expert Witness Institute ; edited by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Evidence, Expert -- Great Britain.

Evidence, Expert -- History -- Great Britain.

Civil procedure -- Great Britain.

1. Historical background / Louis Blom-Cooper and Penny Cooper

2. Accreditation: a novel approach / Evelyn Ebsworth

3. Litigant solicitor/expert relationship / Suzanne Burn

4. Court management / Nic Madge

5. Single joint expert / Suzanne Burn and Brian Thompson

6. Experts' reports / Paul McNeil

7. Questions and discussions / Roger Clements

8. Assessors / Louis Blom-Cooper

9. Remedies against the defaulting expert / Suzanne Burn and Louis Blom-Cooper

10. Alternative dispute resolution / Kay Linnell and Louis Blom-Cooper

11. Duty to the court / Louis Blom-Cooper and Roger Clements

12. Training / Penny Cooper

13. One expert's experience / Klim McPherson

14. Conclusions / Louis Blom-Cooper and Robin Jacob.

The book considers the impact of the Civil Procedure Rules after the Woolf Report in the United Kingdom upon the use of experts in civil litigation. The book mainly considers accreditation, the lawyer-expert relationship, court management, the single joint expert and experts' reports, the role of assessors, and preparing the expert as a witness. The book also considers experts in ADR processes.

Includes index.

9780199297948

xxxv, 212 p.