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At a trial, convening a panel of expert witnesses who can discuss issues together as well as be questioned by defense and prosecution lawyers. Also: hot tubbing.
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As the commission was turned over to a panel of planning experts to discuss key issues — a process known as "hot tubbing" — security specialist Athol Yates said that after disaster there was invariably a knee-jerk response of "we will rebuild" when it might be better to retreat from previous inappropriate development.
—Stuart Rintoul, "Ban development in fire-prone areas, experts tell royal commission," The Australian, February 15, 2010
—Stuart Rintoul, "Ban development in fire-prone areas, experts tell royal commission," The Australian, February 15, 2010
It is only a matter of time, lawyers say, before a Canadian courtroom plays host to a procedure known as "hot-tubbing." Despite the name, it does not involve installing Jacuzzis to relax witnesses.
"Hot-tubbing," common practice in Australian courts, is also known by the less colourful label "concurrent evidence." It means that expert witnesses in a complex, technical trial — such as a patent dispute about pharmaceuticals, for example — can testify in court together on a panel, rather than one-by-one in the witness box.
—Jeff Gray, "Why judges like 'hot-tubbing'," The Globe and Mail, April 19, 2011
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Another innovation is called hot-tubbing, in which experts are sworn as a panel so they are able to discuss issues as well as being questioned in the court.
—Wendy Bacon, "A matter of opinion" (PDF), Sydney Morning Herald, July 6, 2000
—Wendy Bacon, "A matter of opinion" (PDF), Sydney Morning Herald, July 6, 2000
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