Expert evidence: too technical for juries?

Related Sector: Expert Witness

Nearly 2/3 of expert witnesses surveyed by Bond Solon believe that juries are not equipped to understand technical expert evidence.

 

                                                 

This finding is contained in the 2016 National Annual Expert Witness Survey conducted by Bond Solon in association with The Times newspaper. Over 700 experts completed the survey.

Mark Solon, founder of Bond Solon and chairman of Wilmington Legal, said the concern about juries “could either be due to experts not explaining things properly or clearly enough or because the issue is so complex ordinary citizens can’t be expected to understand".

The experts also report coming under pressure over their impartiality. Find out more about the results.

This article was first published in New Law Journal on 8 November 2016 and is reproduced by kind permission.