Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Within 21 days after receiving the report of a single expert witness, the parties may enter into a written agreement about conferring with the expert witness for the purpose of clarifying the report.
(2) The agreement may provide for the parties, or for one or more of them, to confer with the expert witness.
(3) Without limiting the scope of the conference, the parties must agree on arrangements for the conference.
(4) It is intended that the parties should be free to make any arrangements for the conference that are consistent with this Division.
Note: For example, arrangements for a conference might include the attendance of another expert, or the provision of a supplementary report.
(5) Before participating in the conference, the expert witness must be informed of arrangements for the conference.
(6) In seeking to clarify the report of the expert witness, the parties must not interrogate the expert witness.
(7) If the parties do not agree about conferring with a single expert witness, the court, on application by a party, may order that a conference be held in accordance with any conditions the court determines.