Divided appeals court says judge’s grilling of expert witness ‘quite involved’ but not excessive

Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2021-04-29 5:02 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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An appeals court has split on whether a judge’s grilling of an expert witness in a personal injury case was appropriate, with the dissenting judge saying the questioning — which took up more than two-thirds of the cross examination — was excesssive, and hostile in parts.

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