Expert witness definition

Expert witness or “expert” means a person who is retained to render an opinion regarding an issue relevant to a case, whether or not the person actually testifies in court.
Expert witness means a person who is qualified by education, training and/or experience, to provide evidence with respect to the practice of, or the standard of practice required by, the "Insured Profession" and to opine concerning whether the "Insured" has met or exceeded such standard, whether the "Insured" contravened or breached any statute, regulation or by-law governing the conduct of the "Insured Profession", or upon any other issue material to the "Covered Proceeding".
Expert witness means a person whose knowledge, skill, experience, training or education in a scientific, technical, or other specialized area, would enable the person to give testimony under Rule 702 of the Utah Rules of Evidence.

Examples of Expert witness in a sentence

  • Expert witness testimony in litigation involving specific projects.

  • Ch 7 deals with the application of these rules to existing proceedings and contains other transitional provisions.Schedule 1 Expert witness code of conductSch 1 sets out the code of conduct applying to expert witnesses.Schedule 2 Interest ratesSch 2 sets out the interest rates applying to judgments.

  • Expert witness fees may be included as part of the costs awarded under this section.

  • Expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice in the case of the U.S. Government (defendant) versus American Federal Bank FSB (2005–06).

  • Expert witness reports should not refer to any individual submitter by name.


More Definitions of Expert witness

Expert witness means Contracts for services of witnesses for the purposes of evaluating a claim or cause of action, preparing for or assisting with actual or likely litigation or otherwise assisting in resolving a dispute. This includes a person possessing specialized knowledge, skills, or experience of a particular subject or profession engaged to assist or consult on the College’s presentation of its case in legal, administrative, and other official proceedings, regardless of whether the Contractor is called to testify.
Expert witness means a person who appears to the court to possess the appropriate qualifications or experience about the matter to which the witness's evidence relates.
Expert witness means a person who is qualified by knowledge, skill, experience, training
Expert witness means any person whose professional, scientific or technical training gives authority to evidence given in his or her professional, scientific or technical capacity;
Expert witness means a person who would be recognised by the Hearing Panel as an expert in his or her field by reason of relevant qualifications and/or experience;
Expert witness means a witness qualified by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education to provide a scientific, technical, or other specialized opinion about the evidence or a fact.
Expert witness means a witness who is either: