Explore how expert conference and
concurrent evidence can greatly reduce the hearing times and costs of Native Title proceedings.
According to the Globe & Mail, the more formal name for this procedure is «
concurrent evidence» and it is common practice in Australia.
More formally known as «
concurrent evidence», hot tubbing is a new method of presenting expert evidence at trial.
Acknowledging that more data is required, the report concludes that, in view of the positive evaluations received to date, and the willingness of parties to participate (as demonstrated by the number of cases that were signed up initially to the scheme but which settled before trial), it would be appropriate for
concurrent evidence to be included in CPR Pt 35.
He did not identify any particular advantage of
concurrent evidence over conventional evidence, but he did say that he found the procedure to be less adversarial and he felt it was easier to explain differences of view.
The great majority of the responses indicate that judges and most participants find that a system of
concurrent evidence has a higher level of efficiency and focus.
However
concurrent evidence rules were incorporated into Canada's Federal Court Rules in August 2010.
From the perspective of trial advocacy and forensic challenges, a keenly contested arbitration concerning the construction of three large leachate tanks constructed for a large uranium and gold mining facility posed particular challenges in cross examination of the large number of witnesses of 30 days in the conduct of cross-examination of experts giving
concurrent evidence in five disciplines over seven consecutive days.
The court sets the agenda or approves what the parties have prepared for
the concurrent evidence.
The question is, in this new costs budgeting Jackson era, will the prospect of «hot - tubbing» — otherwise known as
concurrent evidence (ie, the method of giving evidence where the experts sit in the box together and the judge chairs a discussion between them)-- ensure that cases like this get resolved sooner rather than later — no doubt time will tell.
To the writer's knowledge, the conferring and
concurrent evidence rules have not yet been implemented in Canada.
We actually came across several situations in interviews where judges had taken
concurrent evidence by video link («hot tubbing» — conjures up an image I always find a little off - putting!).
Not exact matches
«This study provides first clinical
evidence that curcumin may be used as an effective and safe modality for treatment in patients with MDD [major depressive disorder] without
concurrent suicidal ideation or other psychotic disorders.»
and the jokes don't get any funnier than that; Down with Love makes so many miscalculations about its cast and premise that its theatrical release
concurrent with The Matrix Reloaded doesn't seem so much «counter-programming» as «hide the
evidence.»
A shift in college requirements away from traditional remediation to this new,
evidence - based, strategy of placing students into college - level courses with
concurrent support «could positively affect the academic progress of hundreds of thousands of college students each year,» the authors report, and «the benefits of a college degree are considerable and wide - ranging.»
The study, titled: Subjective impressions do not mirror online reading effort:
concurrent EEG - eyetracking
evidence from the reading of books and digital media, measured young and elderly adults reading short texts on three different reading devices, including a paper page, e-reader and tablet computer.
However, when paired with additional indicators, supporting
concurrent - related
evidence of validity (link to glossary), such inferences may be more appropriate.»
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Concurrent - Related
Evidence of Validity: Concurrent - related evidence of validity is observed when, in this case, large - scale standardized test and other criterion data are collected at the sa
Evidence of Validity:
Concurrent - related
evidence of validity is observed when, in this case, large - scale standardized test and other criterion data are collected at the sa
evidence of validity is observed when, in this case, large - scale standardized test and other criterion data are collected at the same time.
Criterion - related
evidence of validity is typically comprised of two types:
concurrent - related
evidence of validity and predictive - related
evidence of validity.
In terms of VAMs, this presents
evidence of issues with what is called «
concurrent - related
evidence of validity.»
Concurrent clinical, electromyographic, or histologic
evidence of muscle disease aids in diagnosis.
At this time, there is insufficient
evidence to recommend routine use of FFP in pancreatitis cases unless there is a
concurrent coagulopathy.
A diagnosis of HOD is founded on radiographic
evidence of bone involvement
concurrent with hyperthermia and pain, and by ruling out infectious causes of the clinical signs.
Patients with WHO stage V BCL (leukemic patients), or
evidence of
concurrent disease other than BCL or who have undergone previous chemotherapy or steroid treatment will not be eligible.
This event is co-sponsored by the Carolee Schneemann Foundation and is
concurrent with Schneemann's exhibitions «Further
Evidence» on view at P • P • O • W and Galerie Lelong until December 3, 2016.
In his open letter to Martin Durkin's Wag TV, one of Five major misrepresentations of the scientific
evidence in the film concerned Durkin's suggestion that the global temperature slump in the 1950s and»60s, which was
concurrent with rising emissions of greenhouse gases, was problematic for orthodox global warming arguments.
Amended PD35 gets lathered up over
concurrent expert
evidence (hot - tubbing), more of which in due course.
Rather than making
concurrent expert
evidence the default position, the amendments now make it possible for expert witnesses to give their
evidence in at least three different ways:
The aim should be for
concurrent care and placement applications to enable the analysis of the
evidence to be considered altogether which will assist the court in dealing with applications to dispense with the parental consent to a placement order (s. 52 Adoption and Children Act 2002).
The court decided to review Issues 2, 3, 5 and 6 on a «deferential standard of reasonableness,» but applied correctness to Issues 1 and 4: «While I acknowledge that in the administrative law context a tribunal may develop its own procedures as to admissibility without the recognized strictures found in the judicial rules of
evidence, whereas issues # 1 and # 4 principally involve specific questions of law and
concurrent issues involving breaches of natural justice or procedural fairness, I will apply a standard of correctness.
Courts can use a combination of
concurrent expert
evidence and traditional cross examination.
Since the Civil Justice Council's report on
concurrent expert
evidence, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee had been considering how to amend PD35.11, the direction which deals specifically with expert
evidence in court.
An intensive one - day course, providing civil expert witnesses with the core skills and knowledge to give
concurrent expert
evidence in court.
Obtaining a letter of consent from the owner of a mark cited by way of objection, provision of
evidence for a qualifying period of «honest
concurrent use» with an earlier mark, or even having prior registered marks revoked for non-use, are some of the principal ways that refusal on relative grounds can be effectively surmounted where possible.
The interim report finds that there are «time and quality» benefits to be gained from the use of
concurrent expert
evidence, and that there is no
evidence of significant disadvantages from the point of view of the judiciary, counsel, solicitors or experts.
For example, it might be valuable to pair an
evidence - based parent training group with a
concurrent child group focused on social skills, social information processing, and interpersonal problem - solving skills.
Reh et al22 investigated the factor structure and
concurrent and discriminant validity of QbTest and found the hyperactivity factor correlated with teacher ratings of hyperactive behaviour, providing
evidence for the utility of including this additional measure of activity in a CPT.
Their findings also provide initial
evidence for the
concurrent validity of the three factors (attention, impulsivity and activity), although the authors highlight the need for further research to investigate validity.
Evidence for the test's
concurrent validity with the variables age, gender, and socioeconomic status was also obtained.
R - UCLA revealed high internal consistency (alpha =.94) and
evidenced concurrent and discriminant validity (Russell et al., 1980).
The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale:
Concurrent and discriminate validity
evidence.
Moderate
evidence was found for internal consistency, structural - and
concurrent validity of the SAC in African American youths.
Finally, he will describe important considerations and review
evidence - based treatment strategies used to target high - risk behaviors prior or
concurrent to trauma - focused psychotherapy interventions.
With standard regression modelling we found strong
evidence that PEs at age 12 were associated with depressive symptoms at age 18 even after adjusting for
concurrent depressive symptoms at age 12 and persistence of PEs at age 18.
In this regard,
evidence that there are
concurrent relations between parental perception of infant irritability and parental responsiveness (Owens, Shaw, & Vondra, 1998) points to one potential linkage between caregiver experiences of neonatal difficult behavior, parenting stress, and infant outcomes.
Weighted - average correlation coefficients between equivalent pairs of SDQ and Child Behavior Checklist subscales11 from 9 parent - reported studies were uniformly strong and positive (range: 0.52 < r < 0.71).10 Several studies showed strong correlations between SDQ subscales and «real world» outcomes such as clinical diagnoses (criterion validity); SDQ scores identified school - aged children with
concurrent behavioral and emotional disorders, including attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder / Asperger syndrome (ASD / AS), and predicted their occurrence 3 years later.4, 12,13 However, multitrait - multimethod analyses have not provided consistently strong
evidence of discriminant validity of the school - age SDQ subscales.
Barrowclough et al23 also found significant correlations between the CFI and the PCS, which not only provides
evidence for the
concurrent validity of patient - rated measures but also suggests that patients are sensitive to staff negative perceptions.
Evidence of acceptable internal consistency, test — retest reliability, and construct,
concurrent, and convergent validity has been reported (42, 43).
Characterising youth with callous — unemotional traits and
concurrent anxiety:
evidence for a high - risk clinical group.
Neuroticism and selective encoding and recall of symptoms:
Evidence from a combined
concurrent - retrospective study