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11 January 2007
Issue: 7255 / Categories: Legal News , Expert Witness
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Expert research

Details of the level and quality of expert witness training will be published in the summer after Penny Cooper, associate dean of the Inns of Court School of Law, won funding from City University for a research project.

Details of the level and quality of expert  witness training will be published in the summer after Penny Cooper, associate dean of the Inns of Court School of Law, won funding from City University for a research project.

Cooper says her work will consist of a systematic investigation of all the expert witness teaching that is available as well as recommendations for improvement.
 
“Though judges need expert witnesses to help them decide some of the most difficult cases, we have no research into the current training for expert witnesses,” she adds. The research preparation is starting now and the results will be published at the end of August. Interviews with experts and their professional bodies and judges will take place throughout the spring. Anyone wishing to contribute to the research should contact p.cooper@city.ac.uk.

Issue: 7255 / Categories: Legal News , Expert Witness
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