Sentences with phrase «face as an expert witness»

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As an expert witness myself, I've questioned while working on legal cases within the community, who would be my peer support if I were to face some sort of persecution within my practice by an unfamiliar or hostile adversary?

In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious John Maddox Prize for her pursuit of sound science in the face of death threats, lawsuits and personal attacks stemming from her work as an expert witness in prosecutions resting on false memories.

«In the face of such orders and the ethical dilemmas to which they give rise, medical professionals likely would decline to serve as expert witnesses in lethal injection cases in the first place, robbing the parties and the courts of appropriate expert testimony that would assist them in accurately adjudicating the important constitutional issues this and similar cases present,» the authors write in the brief.

In an attempt to bring a more human face to the slaughter, Saroyan brings in a historian, an Armenian woman named Ani (Khanjian, Irma Vep), to serve as an advisor to the film, since she is an expert on the life of painter Arshile Gorky (Abkarian, When the Cat's Away), reported to have eye witnessed the events, and who is to be featured in a supporting role.

A formula can not be given, at least insofar as I can tell, for how to do this and I still face the problem from the most mundane (our firm has a forensics service line where we'll provide expert witness testimony with respect to construction defect litigation and the opposing side has their experts as well) to the most impactful (climate disruption), to the most woo infested (ESP, UFOs, «free energy,» etc.), to the politically pragmatic (do guns really prevent crime?).

A couple of different bloggers — Dwight Sullivan at CAAFlog and Danny Jacobs at On the Record — picked up on this piece of trivia from Sales» obits that I completely overlooked: He once served as an expert witness called to testify in the court martial of a sailor accused of tossing a pie into an officer's face.

A North Dakota psychologist who served as an expert witness in hundreds of sex - crime cases in multiple states has admitted an addiction to child pornography and now faces federal charges for possession of child porn.

It is (iii) which remains the critical area and which, though not seriously under challenge in Kennedy v Cordia, was directly addressed by the court: «[51] Impartiality and other duties: If a party proffers an expert report which on its face does not comply with the recognised duties of a skilled witness to be independent and impartial, the court may exclude the evidence as inadmissible.»

The pool of competent experts in financial sector litigation is surprisingly small and law firms looking for expert witnesses or advisers face a number of challenges: • Identifying the right expert in a specialised discipline • Developing a short list of suitable candidates on a discreet basis • Avoiding individual experts «shoe - horning» themselves into roles for which they are not properly equipped • Assessing individuals» strengths and weaknesses and prior track records Our experience - as experts ourselves and from working with our associates over an extended period - normally enables us to propose one or more candidates whom we consider the best equipped to address specific issues on which expert evidence is required.