New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 31.41

31.41 Parties may seek clarification of report

(1) Within 14 days after the parties' single expert's report is sent to the parties affected, and before the report is tendered in evidence, a party affected may, by notice in writing sent to the expert, seek clarification of any aspect of the report.

(2) Unless the court orders otherwise, a party affected may send no more than one such notice.

(3) Unless the court orders otherwise, the notice must be in the form of questions, no more than 10 in number.

(4) The party sending the notice must, on the same day as it is sent to the parties' single expert, send a copy of it to each of the other parties affected.

(5) Each notice sent under this rule must be endorsed with the date on which it is sent.

(6) Within 28 days after the notice is sent, the parties' single expert must send a signed copy of his or her response to the notice to each of the parties affected.