Survival Skills for Expert Witnesses: ROBERT GAPES(FIPENZ) offers some precautionary advice on the pitfalls inherent in the expert witness role

摘要

A DISTINGUISHED New Zealand aviator recently suffered a "grounding" as an expert witness in the Air Chatharns case, when the High Court exercised its prerogative to refuse to admit his expert evidence. Those who might be called upon to testify as experts may find it worthwhile to consider the aviator's misfortune, the better to understand the rules of engagement.