Friday, 5 September 2025
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the criteria for admissible expert evidence and how it differs from other testimony
- Develop effective strategies and question techniques when cross-examining expert witnesses
Chair
Jacque Lethbridge, Partner, Martelli McKegg Lawyers
*Original Content was created in August 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses: What’s Admissible and Case Study
- What is admissible expert evidence
- What to look for when preparing cross-examination of an expert
- Relevant questions when cross-examining an expert
- A case study of an actual cross-examination of an expert witness
Presented by Rob Latton, Barrister, FortyEight Shortland Barristers
Presenters
Rob Latton, Barrister, FortyEight Shortland BarristersRob Latton is a barrister practicing from 48 Shortland Barristers, Auckland. He is a practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Commenced practice as a barrister sole in 2016, Rob specializes in civil and commercial advice and litigation, and has been involved in extensive estates and trusts work in recent years. In particular, he has acted for many executors and trustees in claims alleging breaches of duty, as well as challenges to wills and general estate disputes, including Burgess & Another v Monk & Others (No. 6).
Jacque Lethbridge, Partner, Martelli McKegg Lawyers
Jacque has been practicing for 18 years and is a leading senior litigator routinely appearing in the High Court and superior courts. Jacque has represented corporate, commercial and private clients both in New Zealand and internationally in complex commercial litigation and conducted both criminal and civil trials in the District Court and High Court for the last 17 years. Jacque has taught the litigation module of the professionals course for the College of Law and is a member of the NZLS Litigation Skills faculty. Ranked ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers, NZ since 2018 to present.
