Introduction

The subject of oral testimony by expert witnesses is one which is familiar to experienced disputes practitioners and laymen alike. Experienced arbitration counsel know well the potential importance of live testimony by an expert at a witness hearing, particularly in cases where the in-person response to questions is seized as an opportunity to simplify complex factual, technical and even legal matters in dispute. Non-lawyers and non-technical persons also have notional ideas of how crucial live testimony by experts can be, especially against the backdrop of the dramatization of ...