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Hot Tubbing for Expert Witnesses - Mark Solon, Bond Solon

11/01/13. As expert witnesses enter a new year and face the challenges that 2013 will bring, the buzz words of 2012 – costs, fees and efficiency – will not be far behind. However, high on that list will also be hot tubbing. Hot tubbing, more formally known as concurrent evidence, means that expert witnesses give evidence in Court at the same time and are questioned by the Judge rather than cross examined by an opposing party’s barrister. The practice, which stems from Australia, was...

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