Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 428

428 Directions about experts’ conferences and joint reports

(1) The court may, at any time, direct that 2 or more experts who are to give evidence in a proceeding—

(a) hold a conference in which they identify, and attempt to resolve, any disagreement between them; and

(b) jointly prepare a report about the conference (a
"joint report" ) that states—

(i) the matters, if any, on which the experts agree; and

(ii) the matters, if any, on which the experts disagree and the reasons for any disagreement.

(2) The court may, for the conference, do 1 or more of the following—

(a) set the date and time at which, or the period within which, the conference is to be held;

(b) set the agenda for the conference;

(c) direct the matters the experts are to discuss at the conference;

(d) direct that the conference be held with the assistance of a facilitator;

(e) give directions about the form in which, and the period within which, the joint report is to be prepared by the experts;

(f) give any other direction the court considers appropriate.

(3) This rule does not limit any other power of the court to make orders or give directions.

(4) In this rule—

"facilitator" , in relation to a conference directed under subrule (1) to be held for a proceeding, means a person who is independent of the parties to the proceeding, whether or not the person is also an expert in relation to an issue being considered at the conference.