Planning and Environment Court Rules 2018
sec.27Active parties must ensure experts ready to take part in meeting of experts
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sec.27 Active parties must ensure experts ready to take part in meeting of experts
Before attending a meeting of experts, each active party to the P&E Court proceeding must do all things reasonably necessary or expedient to ensure an expert chosen by the active party is ready to take part fully, properly and promptly in the meeting, including by giving the expert— reasonable notice that the P&E Court has ordered or directed a meeting of experts or that an ADR registrar has convened a meeting of experts; and notice of the contents of any order or direction about the meeting, including the time by which the meeting must be held; and reasonable notice of the issue in dispute in the proceeding to the extent it is relevant to the expert’s expertise; and enough information and opportunity for the expert to adequately investigate the facts in relation to the issue in dispute in the proceeding. r 27 amd 2022 SL No. 18 s 8
- (a) reasonable notice that the P&E Court has ordered or directed a meeting of experts or that an ADR registrar has convened a meeting of experts; and
- (b) notice of the contents of any order or direction about the meeting, including the time by which the meeting must be held; and
- (c) reasonable notice of the issue in dispute in the proceeding to the extent it is relevant to the expert’s expertise; and
- (d) enough information and opportunity for the expert to adequately investigate the facts in relation to the issue in dispute in the proceeding.