The Expert and the Courts
30 March 2001
Homerton College, Cambridge
Single Joint Expert: court expert or court jester?
Professor Geoffrey Beresford Hartwell, Consulting Engineer
The Debate: ‘the use of Single Joint Experts should not be confined to a small proportion of cases’
The Case Against: an expert’s view
John Curtis, Employment and Disability Specialist
The Case For: an expert’s view
Christopher Beresford Hartwell, Consulting Engineer
The Case Against: a barrister’s view
Richard Lord, Barrister
The Case For: a barrister’s view
S Clive Freedman, Barrister
Summing Up
Richard Salter, Barrister
Workshops: Giving Oral Evidence, the Experts’ Meeting
Open Forum
Autumn Conference
12 October 2001
Hilton Hotel, Sheffield
The Effects of Human Rights Legislation
Rosslyn Lee, Barrister
The Nature of Professional Negligence
Alan Owens and David Body, Solicitors
How Unbiased can an Expert be?
Dr Nicky Hayes, Psychologist
Workshops
Open Forum