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Having the last word, or ‘I wish I had said that’ moments

Gaeline Phipps

Gaeline Phipps

Caught in the headlights
In the spotlight it is difficult to explain the true situation

MEDICOLEGAL

It is easy for a doctor under cross-examination to become constrained by the questioning and to be unable to reveal the true circumstances. Preparation, as Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps explains, can help stop you becoming frozen in the spotlig

Key points, The doctor lens and the lawyer lens are different. Under questioning, it is easy for a witness to feel constrained, allowing an answer to mislea