Caiden, D (2017) Engineering expert witness work: What the lawyers require. Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law, 170(4), pp. 181-185. ISSN 17514304
Abstract
The author is a civil engineer who has lived and worked in different countries where he has undertaken numerous engineering expert roles. This has included roles concerned with litigations and disputes, forensic investigations of engineering failures and accidents as well as insurance claims advisory roles. Some advice is given about what is expected of an expert witness, and it is intended that this paper will be a useful primer for engineers being engaged as expert witnesses, particularly if that work is in the UK or the USA.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | contracts & law; disputes & arbitration |
| Index terms: | civil engineer, lawyer, expert witness, dispute, engineer, litigation, insurance, investigation, arbitration |
| Subjects: | profession, data collection methods, dispute resolution, economic analysis, practitioner |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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