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Expert evidence

Form and content of expert's reports

Information

Instructions

Questions to experts

Single expert

Orders

Assessors

Duty to restrict expert evidence Rule 35.1

Interpretation Rule 35.2

Experts – overriding duty to the court Rule 35.3

Court’s power to restrict expert evidence Rule 35.4

General requirement for expert evidence to be given in a written report Rule 35.5

Written questions to experts Rule 35.6

Court’s power to direct that evidence is to be given by a single joint expert Rule 35.7

(1) Where two or more parties wish to submit expert evidence on a particular issue, the court may direct that the evidence on that issue is to given by one expert only.

(2) The parties wishing to submit the expert evidence are called ‘the instructing parties’.

(3) Where the instructing parties cannot agree who should be the expert, the court may –
    (a) select the expert from a list prepared or identified by the instructing parties; or
    (b) direct that the expert be selected in such other manner as the court may direct.

Instructions to a single joint expert Rule 35.8

Power of court to direct a party to provide information Rule 35.9

Contents of report Rule 35.10

Use by one party of expert’s report disclosed by another Rule 35.11

Discussions between experts Rule 35.12

Consequence of failure to disclose expert’s report Rule 35.13

Expert’s right to ask court for directions Rule 35.14

Assessors Rule 35.15

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