Cross-examination is the stuff of drama in fictional courtroom depictions. The savvy lawyer taking on a hostile witness on the stand—these are the moments TV and movie audiences live for. However, the ...

The value of effective cross-examination has roots as early as biblical times. In later times, John Henry Wigmore claimed that cross-examination was the greatest legal invention for discovering the ...

We recently wrote on strategies for effectively cross-examining expert witnesses, noting that litigators can make good use of deposition time by exploring in detail the facts supporting the expert’s ...

ITAT held that addition under Section 69B based only on a loose sheet seized from a third party cannot be sustained when the assessee was denied cross-examination. The ruling treats such action as a ...

The purpose of cross-examination is to continue to argue — and defend — your case by using leading questions to obtain affirmative answers. The leading question with the desired answer is the key to ...