Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A court may give any direction it considers appropriate in relation to the giving of evidence by any expert witness at trial.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the court may direct that any expert witness—
(a) give evidence at any stage of the trial, including after all factual evidence has been adduced on behalf of all parties;
(b) give evidence concurrently with one or more expert witnesses;
(c) give an oral exposition of his or her opinion on any issue;
(d) give his or her opinion of any opinion given by other expert witnesses;
(e) be examined, cross-examined or re‑examined in a particular manner or sequence, including by putting to each expert witness, in turn, each issue relevant to one matter or issue at a time;
(f) be permitted to ask questions of any other expert witness who is concurrently giving evidence.
(3) A court may question any expert witness to identify the real issues in dispute between 2 or more expert witnesses, including questioning more than one expert witness at the same time.
S. 65L inserted by No. 62/2012 s. 10.