Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 429E

429E Duty of parties

(1) As soon as practicable after the expert is appointed, a copy of the code of conduct must be given to the expert by—

(a) if the expert is appointed by 1 or more parties to the proceeding—the parties, or 1 of them as they may agree; or

(b) if the expert is a court-appointed expert—1 or more of the parties to the proceeding, as directed by the court.

(2) A party to the proceeding must not give instructions, or allow instructions to be given, to the expert to adopt or reject a particular opinion.