John Taggart is Lecturer at QUB School of Law, Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. He is a qualified barrister in both Northern Ireland and England and Wales and has practised criminal law in both jurisdictions.

• 1. Introduction 2. Emergence of the intermediary role 3. The international context 4. Locating the intermediary within theories of the criminal trial 5. Professional work - jurisdictions and boundary work 6. The neutrality paradox 7. Witness work, defendant work and participatory roles 8. Conclusion

John Taggart is Lecturer at QUB School of Law, Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. He is a qualified barrister in both Northern Ireland and England and Wales and has practised criminal law in both jurisdictions.

• 1. Introduction 2. Emergence of the intermediary role 3. The international context 4. Locating the intermediary within theories of the criminal trial 5. Professional work - jurisdictions and boundary work 6. The neutrality paradox 7. Witness work, defendant work and participatory roles 8. Conclusion

John Taggart is Lecturer at QUB School of Law, Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. He is a qualified barrister in both Northern Ireland and England and Wales and has practised criminal law in both jurisdictions.

• 1. Introduction 2. Emergence of the intermediary role 3. The international context 4. Locating the intermediary within theories of the criminal trial 5. Professional work - jurisdictions and boundary work 6. The neutrality paradox 7. Witness work, defendant work and participatory roles 8. Conclusion