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 "No one will deny that the law in some way effectively uses expert knowledge wherever it will aid in settling disputes. The only question is as to how to do it best.", Judge Learned Hand, Harvard Law Review 1900.
One hundred years on, the Expert Witness Institute of Australia (EWIA) has been established as a national body in recognition of the need for an organisation to raise the quality of expert evidence by supporting those persons qualified to give expert evidence in the civil and criminal justice systems. The Institute will also help ensure that those persons intending to become expert witnesses understand their obligations and have the necessary ability through education, training and support.
The primary objective of the EWIA is the support of the proper administration of justice and early resolution of disputes through the use of fair and unbiased expert evidence. The Institute is an impartial body working to enhance the status and standing of experts as well as the improvement of the quality, objectivity, impartiality and independence of expert evidence. Another objective of forming the Institute is in response to the courts taking greater control of the processes of litigation. These include case management and similar strategies, designed to contain costs and promote the just, timely and cost-effective disposal of proceedings.
The formation of the Institute is also an acknowledgment that the courts are more and more dependent upon expert testimony in arriving at a decision that is both factually and scientifically based. |
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