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... she needs to hear what life would be like in Ireland (excluding any mention of health care).
This sounds ominous. One one hand she is looking for an expert witness. On the other, she seems to want this expert witness to exclude any mention of uncomfortable realities that might not suit her agenda. Its hard to see how any credible expert could agree to such terms before appearing as a witness on her behalf.
This sounds ominous. One one hand she is looking for an expert witness. On the other, she seems to want this expert witness to exclude any mention of uncomfortable realities that might not suit her agenda.
Would you expect an economist, or indeed any other expert, called by the defence to give the same opinions as one called by the plaintiff? As an economist by profession I could give several different takes on the Irish economy going forward depending on my agenda.
"I would have thought that it was standard procedure in court cases generally that experts called by either side would interpret the facts to suit their side of the case."
I cannot tell you that this does not go on to some extent; but it is not 'standard procedure'
"I would have thought that it was standard procedure in court cases generally that experts called by either side would interpret the facts to suit their side of the case."
I cannot tell you that this does not go on to some extent; but it is not 'standard procedure' and it is most certainly not the proper role of the expert witness to give partisan testimony
I must disagree in one respect The expert witness most definitely should be impartial. An expert witness who demonstrably fails to comply with this basic requirement leaves herself open to sanction either from the courts or possiblt from her professional body.
Should being the operative word. I don't accept for one minute that any particular side in a legal case is going to use an expert witness that benefits the opposition !
In another jurisdiction, a doctor (Roy Meadows) has been struck off the medical register for giving testimony as an expert witnesses in a way which was later found to be lacking in impartiality.
Roy Meadows won his appeal against being struck off the medical register.
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