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r 33.07

Service of reports by plaintiff

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33.07 Service of reports by plaintiff

(1)

A plaintiff must serve on each other party who has an address for service in the proceeding any hospital or medical report (other than a hospital or medical report served on or supplied to the plaintiff by another party) which the plaintiff intends to tender or the substance of which the plaintiff intends to adduce in evidence or which otherwise the plaintiff intends to use at the hearing.

(2)

The plaintiff must serve the hospital report or medical report—

(a)

in a proceeding under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or the Workers Compensation Act 1958, within 14 days of the proceeding being given a date for hearing; and

(b)

in a proceeding in which the plaintiff claims damages for, or otherwise claims in respect of, bodily injury within 14 days before the date fixed for a pre-hearing conference, mediation or hearing (whichever occurs first); and

(c)

in the case of a hospital report or medical report made to or obtained by or for the plaintiff after the time referred to in subparagraph (a) or (b), without delay—

or at such other time as the Court directs.

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Section 33.07 — Service of reports by plaintiff — Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020 (Victoria) — Barrister AI