--(1) No party may call an expert witness or put in an expert's report without the court's permission.
--(2) The general rule is that the court's permission should be given at a case management conference.
--(3) The court may give permission on or without an application.
--(4) No oral or written expert's evidence may be called or put in unless the party wishing to call or put in that evidence has served a report of the evidence which the expert intends to give.
--(5) The court must direct by what date such report must be served.
--(6) The court may direct that that evidence be given by one or more experts-
----(a) chosen by agreement between the parties;
----(b) appointed by the court; or
----(c) appointed in such way as the court ma direct.
--(7) The court may direct that part only of an expert's report be disclosed.
Notes
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