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Difference between revisions of "Family Law Trials in Supreme Court"

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=== The expert’s report ===
=== The expert’s report ===


There are specific requirements for an expert’s report is set out in Rule 13-6 (1):  
Rule 13-6 (1) has specific requirements for an expert’s report. An expert report must:  
*must be signed by the expert;
*be signed by the expert,
*must include the certification required under Rule 13-2(2); and  
*include the certification required under Rule 13-2(2), and  
*must set out the following:
*set out the following:
::(a) the expert's name, address and area of expertise;
::(a) the expert's name, address and area of expertise,
::(b) the expert's qualifications and employment and educational experience in his or her area of expertise;
::(b) the expert's qualifications and employment and educational experience in his or her area of expertise,
::(c) the instructions provided to the expert in relation to the family law case;
::(c) the instructions provided to the expert in relation to the family law case,
::(d) the nature of the opinion being sought and the issues in the family law case to which the opinion relates;
::(d) the nature of the opinion being sought and the issues in the family law case to which the opinion relates,
::(e) the expert's opinion respecting those issues;
::(e) the expert's opinion respecting those issues,
::(f) the expert's reasons for his or her opinion, including
::(f) the expert's reasons for his or her opinion, including
:::(i) a description of the factual assumptions on which the opinion is based,
:::(i) a description of the factual assumptions on which the opinion is based,