http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/05/1094322646202.html
Jonathan Pearlman
"The rise of professional experts and no-win, no-fee witnesses is clogging courts with biased evidence and has been condemned by judges.
Expert witnesses earn millions of dollars a year in NSW, with doctors, accountants and engineers charging up to $10,000 a day to give evidence.
The chief judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Jim Spigelman, told the Herald the court planned to clamp down on the unfettered use of experts whose evidence was 'at the extremes of legitimate opinion'.
'The cost of expert witnesses is the biggest single cost in litigation after legal fees,' he said.
Thousands of experts are advertised in online directories and by universities. Experts claim to have specialties in up to 20 different areas.
Some are charging on a no-win, no-fee basis - a practice outlawed in the US because it led to exaggeration and lying. "
