Court Procedures Rules
1183Neutral evaluation—privilege
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1183 Neutral evaluation—privilege (1) The same privilege in relation to defamation that exists for a proceeding in the court, and a document in a proceeding, exists for— (a) a neutral evaluation session; or (b) a document or thing sent to or produced to an evaluator; or (c) a document or thing sent to, or produced at, the court to enable a neutral evaluation session to be arranged. (2) However, the privilege under subrule (1) only extends to a publication (a) at a neutral evaluation session; or (b) as provided by subrule (1) (b) or (c); or (c) as provided in rule 1184. neutral evaluation session includes any steps taken while making arrangements for the session or during the follow-up of a session.
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