As the population of Australian capital cities continues to grow, an increasing number of people are living in apartments. Although the government has spent decades
The Honourable Justice Chesterman once defined the role of the expert witness as: “… to educate or inform the court about the relevant aspects of the witness’s specialty to enable the court itself to access evidence, which, without that tuition, the court would be unable to do”. In most circumstances, the court does not admit mere opinion into evidence, as indicated by the opinion rule in s76 of Evidence Act (Cth) 1995 […]
Lee v McGrath [2018] ACTSC 173, heard in early June, involved the Plaintiff being struck and receiving catastrophic injuries when he attempted to run across a
Dr Judy Wilyman, one of Australia’s most notorious anti-vaccination activists, was reported in late September as having been called to act as an expert witness
Background: The pre-trial management by the court of expert witnesses and the evidence they are to prepare can be a tricky issue for judges and
A recent report has debunked the myth of an Australian class action boom, providing some perspective to critics’ hysteria over a litigious culture following in
