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Legally-trained people adjudicating mechanical engineering maintenance issues

What professional recommendation can a judge (non-engineer) give in an engineering dispute when these are totally different fields?  Shouldn't engineering disputes be settled by engineers only?  Legally trained people do not bring anything to the table in an engineering dispute.  Engineering is a specialised field which takes years to master in both the training and worldly experience and the idea that a legally trained person can just come into the dispute and resolve it within a few hours or days is not the right way to do things don't you think?  The building blocks for engineering are maths, science and engineering drawing which people in the legal fraternity hardly understand.

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  • What professional recommendation can a judge (non-engineer) give in an engineering dispute when these are totally different fields?




    He or she can advise and judge on the legislation that covers that branch of engineering -  for example what constitutes due diligence, if laws were broken, liability, awarding of damages or not.


    For technical matters, one or more expert witnesses will translate the hard science into something more digestible. The detail of the judgement will depend on the evidence presented during that process.

    Do you have a real example ?


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  • What professional recommendation can a judge (non-engineer) give in an engineering dispute when these are totally different fields?




    He or she can advise and judge on the legislation that covers that branch of engineering -  for example what constitutes due diligence, if laws were broken, liability, awarding of damages or not.


    For technical matters, one or more expert witnesses will translate the hard science into something more digestible. The detail of the judgement will depend on the evidence presented during that process.

    Do you have a real example ?


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