(1) The court may, on application by a party to an arbitration or on its own initiative, ask a medical referee to—
(a) help the court to assess a medical matter during an arbitration; or
(b) report on a medical matter during, or arising from, the arbitration.
Note Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application under this subrule.
(2) An application must set out the reasons for the application.
Note Rule 6008 (Application in proceeding—filing and service) deals with service of the application.