Federal Court Rules 2011

The Court expert must provide the report to the Court within the time fixed by the Court.

A Registrar will provide a copy of the report to any party interested in the question.

The Court expert’s report must:

be signed by the Court expert; and

contain particulars of the training, study or experience by which the Court expert has acquired specialised knowledge; and

identify the questions that the Court expert was asked to address; and

set out separately each of the factual findings or assumptions on which the Court expert’s opinion is based; and

set out separately from the factual findings or assumptions each of the Court expert’s opinions; and

set out the reasons for those opinions; and

contain an acknowledgement that the opinions are based wholly or substantially on the specialised knowledge mentioned in paragraph (b).