Sentences with phrase «psychiatrist as an expert witness»

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Its members ought to present their results and analyses dispassionately, the way pathologists or psychiatrists do when serving as expert witnesses in court, no matter how horrible the victim's injuries and how deviant the perpetrator's psyche are.

When I first started as an expert witness specialising in Mental Capacity, a colleague of mine said to me: «Tim, I'm a Consultant Psychiatrist and therefore the Gold standard, you are only a nurse and therefore, at best, will only ever be bronze.»

Prior to the orthopedic surgeon's testimony, the plaintiff sought to prevent the psychiatrist from testifying as an expert on the basis of alleged bias in his expert reports and several decisions that had reportedly held that the psychiatrist had become an advocate for the party calling him as a witness; had appropriated the role of advocate of the insurer rather than an impartial witness; and had presented as a notably partisan witness.

Nevertheless, Justice Kane allowed the psychiatrist to testify as an expert witness.

Such therapy is often recommended by expert witnesses such as a psychologist or a psychiatrist.