Credibility assessment is integral to almost all litigation. This one-hour lecture highlights the inherent problems with credibility assessment and discusses how lawyers might improve their own credibility assessment skills. The lecture deals with various credibility indicators and navigates the problem of unconscious bias.
The lecture covers a number of topics, including:
- Factors affecting credibility assessment
- Credibility indicators
- The problem with demeanour
- Plausibility
- How to detect a lie?
- Thinking Fast & Slow
- Benefit of the doubt
- Documentary evidence
Teaching method:
Lecture, PowerPoint;
Duration & pricing:
- Net-Duration: 1 hour
To book this lecture please refer to: 2026 Legal CPD programme
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