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Monday, 22-January-2007 - Paris
This innovative seminar will take up the art and science of cross-examination with reference to its application in international arbitration proceedings. Cross-examination has, until recently, been thought of by many continental European lawyers as being confined to the arcane province of lawyers from common-law jurisdictions. Now, with oral hearings in international arbitration limited to the questioning of adversarial witnesses – direct testimony being relegated to witness statements or affidavits – the questioning of those witnesses has become of crucial importance to the outcome of international arbitration disputes.
How cross-examination in international arbitration works as a practical matter will be dealt with by experts in international arbitration advocacy, against the background of a hypothetical factual scenario. There will be a morning session dealing with the cross-examination of a fact witness (a representative of one of the parties), followed by an afternoon session which will deal with the cross-examination of an expert witness – an expert on the law and customs of the hypothetical country in question.
Each of these witnesses will be cross-examined before a panel of arbitrators by three separate lawyers. Each lawyer will conduct his or her examination without hearing the cross-examination done by the other lawyers. Thus, there will be three contrasting cross-examinations for each witness.
Each proceeding will be conducted before a tribunal of three experienced arbitrators, one for the morning session and a separate panel for the afternoon. The effectiveness of the questioning done by the cross-examiners will be judged by the members of the tribunal and members of the audience.
$675.00 USD ($450.00 USD for full-time academics, government employees, and in-house counsel) can be charged to a credit card, paid by check/money order, or by bank wire transfer. See the registration page for the registration form and contact information.
Fee includes: written course materials including a copy of Take The Witness: The Experts Speak On Cross-Examination, edited by Lawrence Newman & Rikki Klieman, a $95.00 value. Also included are refreshments at breaks, luncheon and drinks reception. The fee does not include accommodations.
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For room rates in connection with this Juris Conferences’ Seminar, please see the supplied hotel reservation form. Please contact hotel directly. All dealings are between the registrant and the hotel.
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Celine Jury, Conference Sales Manager
L’Intercontinental Paris Le Grand
2 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France
Tele: +33 1 40 07 35 35
Fax: +33 1 40 07 36 94
E-mail: paris.sales@ichotelsgroup.com
Reservations reference number: 49063
