Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

DISTRICT COURT RULES 2005 - REG 48

48 .         Expert witnesses, certification as to compliance with practice directions

        (1)         This rule applies to the report of an expert witness that a party intends to tender as evidence other than the report of a medical expert prepared for the purposes of a personal injuries action.

        (2)         The author of the report must certify in the report that he or she has read and complied with the practice direction made by the Court for the purposes of this rule.

        (3)         Except with the leave of the Court, a report that has not been certified as required under subrule (2) is not admissible at trial.

        [Rule 48 inserted in Gazette 31 Jul 2007 p. 3818.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 10 Dec 2010 p. 6265.]