The Federal Court of Australia has produced Guidelines for Expert Witnesses in Proceedings. These are available at www.fedcourt.gov.au/digital-law-library/judges-speeches/justice-middleton/Middleton-J-200710.rtf. The guidelines are not intended to address all aspects of an expert witness’s duties, but are intended to facilitate the admission of opinion evidence, and to assist experts to understand in general terms what the Court expects […]
The Blueprint for National Registration of the Professions has been developed by Professions Australia and its member organisations. Our objective is to promote and facilitate the implementation of national registration arrangements for those professions currently subject to state andterritory based regulation. The Blueprint acknowledges that Australia is a single integrated market, exposed to domestic and
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Reflecting our concern about the longer term economic and social impacts of ongoing professional skills shortages, Professions Australia has been working with our member associations to better understand the nature of these shortages (or in some instances – oversupply) and to explore possible approaches to better matching supply and demand over the longer term. Our
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When called upon to act as an expert witness, a member shall conduct her/himself in accordance with the ‘Role and Duties of the Expert Witness’ set out by the Australian Council of Professions, which states: The role of the expert witness in litigation is to assist the court in the administration of justice by providing
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The Australian Council of Professions’ policy on the recognition of overseas professional qualifications is as follows: each profession has the sole responsibility for setting and maintaining its standards within Australia; each profession should recognise the qualifications of an overseas trained professional only if that person is as competent to perform in the profession as a
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