Facilitated by John Kyle
This seminar is designed to be a practical guide to preparing and presenting evidence at the Environment Court. It will address what it means to be an expert witness, primarily focusing on planning experts however the seminar is of value to all expert witnesses.
It will include commentary on practices designed to assist the Court to determine technical issues where experts offer conflicting opinions. This will include the fairly standard practice of requiring technical witnesses to attend expert conferencing and produce an agreed statement of facts and/or joint statements of evidence.
The seminar also provides guidance on how to conduct one’s self under cross-examination.
The facilitators are joined by a senior RMA lawyer and a Judge of the environment Court for the Presentation, providing insights on what is expected from the expert witness form their perspective.
John Kyle
John has worked in the field of town and country planning, and resource and environmental management for 25 years. His experience includes a mix of local authority and consultancy resource management work. A lot of his work has been in providing advice in relation to Regional and District Plans, designations, resource consents, and environmental management and environmental impact assessments. This includes extensive experience with large-scale and nationally significant projects. John has backed up his experience with a wealth of further study and industry involvement. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute of America, and has twice studied at Harvard – in master planning, as well as leadership practices.
