Queensland Consolidated Regulations

LAND COURT RULES 2022 - REG 16

16 Definitions for division

In this division—

"expert" , in relation to an issue arising in a proceeding, means a person who would, if called as a witness in the proceeding, be qualified to give opinion evidence as an expert witness in relation to the issue.

"expert evidence" means the evidence given by an expert.

"joint report" , for a proceeding, means a report—

(a) stating the joint opinion of experts in relation to an issue arising in the proceeding; and

(b) identifying the matters about which the experts agree or disagree and the reasons for any disagreement.

1 A
"meeting of experts" is a meeting of experts in the absence of the parties—

(a) to discuss and attempt to reach agreement about the experts’ evidence in relation to an issue arising in a proceeding as it relates to each expert’s area of expertise; and

(b) to prepare a joint report.

2 The term includes—

(a) a resumed meeting of experts or further meeting of experts; and

(b) a meeting attended by experts in either, or a combination, of the following ways—

(i) personally;

(ii) a way that allows contemporaneous communication between the experts, including by audio link, audio visual link or another form of electronic communication.