Many experts believe that technical trials should be heard by judges sitting on their own because of failings of the jury system IAN WALDIE/GETTY IMAGESNearly two thirds of expert witnesses believe that jurors are not equipped to understand their scientific evidence, a survey has shown. Many of the experts — 40 per cent — also believe that technical trials should be heard by judges sitting on their own because of failings of the jury system. The findings are contained in a national annual expert witness survey for this year, conducted by Bond Solon, a leading expert witness training company, in association with The Times. It covered hundreds of specialisms from medicine to engineering, forensic accounting and property. Nearly half of those surveyed said that some expert witnesses still acted as “hired guns” and gave the opinion that their instructing lawyers required.

Source: The Times November 03, 2016 00:04 UTC