Resources for Lawyers and Experts
Our Resources hub offers insights, case studies, training programs, and industry updates to help you stay informed and make well-founded legal decisions.
Case Studies
Real-world examples of expert witnesses shaping legal outcomes.
News and Insights
Updates on legal trends, expert witness practices, and industry insights.
Events and Webinars
Live and on-demand sessions with industry experts
CPD Offerings
Training to enhance expert witness skills and legal knowledge.
Expert Witness Training
Guidance on report writing, courtroom presentation, and legal compliance.
Code of Conduct
Guidelines for expert integrity, objectivity, and professionalism.
On-demand
Panel discussion – Briefing Experts
On-demand
Keynote address Dr Ian Freckelton AO KC Expert Evidence update
News and Insights
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CPD Offerings
Aged Care and Disability Management 2
Investigates barriers to delivering person-centred care in aged care and disability, with case studies illustrating mismatches in care delivery and strategies for embedding person-centred practices in day-to-day operations.
Aged Care and Disability Management 1
Explores methodologies for investigating compliance failures in aged care and disability, using case studies to uncover systemic issues and offering actionable recommendations to improve compliance and care outcomes
Case Studies
Chemical engineering expert witness
Civil Engineering Expert Witness
Tribunal rejects applicant’s self-proclaimed “expertise”
Electrical engineering Expert Witness
Mechanical engineering Expert Witness
Court allows evidence from multiple experts with same specialty in stroke negligence case
Medical expert’s opinion valid, even if facts or assumptions relied on do not exactly match those proven at trial
Court declines to rule out expert evidence at early stage of high-stakes lending case
A short guide to Privilege in Expert Witness Reporting
Prior written reports no assurance an expert is qualified
Why one expert is preferred over another, despite similar qualifications
Advocate and expert in the same matter, even if there is a hiatus? That’s a red flag
The role of Engineering Expert Witness
May an expert correct his determination in a subsequent report? The $9,832,383 question.
Short Guide to Executive Summaries in Expert Reports
Will a non-binding expert determination frustrate the parties’ contract?
When Does an Expert Report Need to Be Served as an Affidavit?
Supreme Court of New South Wales Practice Note to limit the use of Gen AI in Court Proceedings
Getting It Right – tips for letters of instruction to experts
Court preferred objective evidence when confronted with conflicting expert evidence
Common mistakes in Expert Witness Reports
Being the only expert does not free expert evidence from scrutiny
The Problem with ‘Ultimate issue’ Questions
Expert Witness Survey Analysis
Read the Code of Conduct. Disclose everything.
When is an expert report deemed insufficient?
Experts Under Fire – Prior Involvement, Hearsay Assumptions, Expert Clashes and the Triumph of Expertise and Independence
A short guide to Expert Witness Conclaves
Effect of belated acknowledgment of the Expert Witness Code of Conduct
The science behind having a forensic expert witness on your case
When are expert costs payable by the other party?
Role of a Medical Expert Witness in legal cases
Expert red flags: why one expert would be preferred over another
When is “adversarial bias” inapplicable?
The importance of Construction Expert Witnesses in legal disputes
When is expert evidence considered “a distraction”?
Engagement letters to experts should not call for assistance to defend or advocate
In what instance will an application to reopen a case to introduce further expert reports be refused?
Effect of delayed efforts in sourcing experts
What is the effect if two expert statements are almost identical?
Responses to Key Questions from the ‘Cryptocurrency — Issues for Experts’ Webinar hosted by The Law Society of Singapore and ExpertsDirect
The importance of appropriate assumptions and instructions to experts
Banking Expert Witness — Roles and Areas of Law
When may an expert be considered an advocate and no longer of assistance to the court?
National Pro Bono Day
Costs expert opinion rejected for not having direct experience in practising law in NSW
‘Impressive’ forensic lip-reader evidence ultimately unnecessary
Weight of expert evidence reduced due to reliance on a party’s account, instead of specialised knowledge
When “new” evidence is not considered “fresh”
Admissibility of expert evidence regarding controversial tweets
Events and Webinars
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