Federal Court Rules 2011

An expert report must:

be signed by the expert who prepared the report; and

contain an acknowledgement at the beginning of the report that the expert has read, understood and complied with the Practice Note; and

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

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

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

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

set out the reasons for each of the expert’s opinions; and

contain an acknowledgement that the expert’s opinions are based wholly or substantially on the specialised knowledge mentioned in paragraph (c); and

comply with the Practice Note.

Any subsequent expert report of the same expert on the same question need not contain the information in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c).