Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FAMILY LAW) RULES 2021 (F2021L01197) - RULE 7.02

                   The purpose of this Part is as follows:

                     (a)  to ensure that parties obtain expert evidence only in relation to a significant issue in dispute;

                     (b)  to restrict expert evidence to that which is necessary to resolve or determine a proceeding;

                     (c)  to ensure that, if practicable and without compromising the interests of justice, expert evidence is given on an issue by a single expert witness;

                     (d)  to avoid unnecessary costs arising from the appointment of more than one expert witness;

                     (e)  to enable a party to apply for permission to tender a report or adduce evidence from an expert witness appointed by that party, if that is necessary in the interests of justice.