There is, perhaps, one other instance in which a request for
additional expert evidence might be granted in circumstances where it could otherwise be thought unnecessary or disproportionate.
The remit would include considering whether
any additional expert evidence was necessary and, if so, in what discipline.
Following a later exchange of
additional expert evidence on the impact of her injuries, negotiation led to a definitive award of over # 300,000 for the patient.
Not exact matches
The CJC's Needs Assessment Report, which was validated by industry
expert RicciGreeneAssociates in 2013, called for a two pronged approach — first, enhance the County's innovative work with Alternatives to Incarceration programs to divert people away from the jail and drive down recidivism; and second, move forward with larger jail facility, designed as transition center campus where the County can improve its ability to institute
additional evidence - based rehabilitative and re-entry programs.
Your statements and opinions must be backed up by valid scientific
evidence and data from recognized field
experts, and your conclusions must point to
additional work that might be warranted or new questions and issues that may arise as technology does.
«The singular effect of concluding otherwise would be to require two
additional witnesses [a breath technician and an
expert toxicologist] to attend court to give
evidence on matters which have no connection to the lawfulness of the breath demand,» Moldaver wrote, «and only serve to add to the costs and delays in an already overburdened criminal justice system.»
Richard Fisher, an aviation consultant who provided an
expert report evaluating the
evidence of the applicants and carriers in terms of the cost to the carriers of travel by persons with disabilities and those requiring
additional seats.
A continuing practical career in the field serves as
additional evidence that the
expert is not merely a hired gun.
In a case where the primary
evidence against the defendant is the identification of an eyewitness, a defendant should be permitted to present
expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identification, whether or not there is
additional corroborative
evidence that could weigh in favor of guilt.
While it is possible to build a defence based on
expert medical opinion, it helps to have
additional evidence to tip the balance in favour of a successful defence.
This requires gathering
additional evidence and hiring
experts who will testify in support of our case.
The MoJ said the move would reverse the «increasing trend» for
experts to provide «unnecessary and costly
evidence» in the form of further written statements, clarifications and
additional court appearances, which can delay child care cases.
And although leading
expert evidence through sequential witnesses may take more court time, to some extent this cost saving is lost by the
additional time and cost of preparing
experts for the panel presentation and questioning.
However, given that the need for
additional evidence is sometimes critical to the court's ability to make an informed decision, and that the
expert evidence itself is often of a highly technical nature, two questions arise: - How should the courts deal with such requests?
In appropriate cases, then, it would probably be open to the
expert to suggest that further
evidence be obtained, or even that an
additional expert be instructed to report on matters which are inconclusive or outside the current
expert's field of competence.
As the trial judge observed, if Dr. Rizek were allowed to give
evidence on developments not discussed in his report, it might require the respondent to split her case, recall her
expert and incur significant
additional expense and possible trial delay.
Additional studies were identified by reviewing
evidence and guidelines from National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the Society of Psychotherapy Research and the British Association of Psychotherapy; by searching dissertation abstracts; by hand searches of reference lists and key journals; and through contact with
experts in the field.