"Professor William Park, president of the LCIA, describes the authors of this collection of essays as 'an all-star set of contributors'"
Co-editors: Lawrence W Newman & Ben H Sheppard
Publisher: JurisNet, LLC, New York
ISBN: 978-1-933833-63-7
Price: £95
Does the method of cross-examination in international arbitration differ from the method used in the English courts? And is there a difference between the approach taken to cross-examination by the common lawyer and the civil lawyer?
The answer to both questions is yes, according to a study of the subject presented in a series of essays written by some 30 practitioners in the field of international arbitration. The contributing authors provide what Professor Martin Hunter describes as “a coherent and useful instructional tool” on the topic of cross-examination.
Published in 2010, Take the Witness is a major work in the field of international arbitration, praised by some of the world’s leading experts. It comprises 21 chapters divided into four sections: “Techniques of Cross-Examination in International Arbitration”; “Anticipating Cross-Examination in the Presentation of Witnesses”; “Special Considerations in the Cross-Examination of Experts”; and “Cultural
