“ARE YOU OFFERING THESE WITNESSES AS EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF X?
And allowed her to say YES, I AM YOUR HONOUR.
And then let the witness continue with a description of their expertise.”
Instead, the judge gave all the plaintiff attorneys the bum’s rush.
I wrote a reply...but there was smoke coming out of my ears when I wrote it, so I sent it freepmail.
It’s no enough to ask the lawyer if he/she thinks her witnesses are experts. There is a specific legal process for establishing expertise in each jurisdiction, generally strengthened in the last thirty years due to valid conservative concerns about “junk science.”
It’s obvious from their resumes the witnesses offered by Orly would not have met the required standard.