Hot tubbing saves litigants costs
The commercial division of the Victorian Supreme Court in Australia has introduced a new practice called hot tubbing.
The practice, reports, enables opposing expert witnesses to question each other directly before they summarise their opinions, thus presenting the opportunity to decrease points of difference before taking part in cross-examination. Lawyers say the practice, which first evolved in international arbitration, may save businesses and individual litigants time and money. Full report in The Age