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

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*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 their 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 their 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,
:::(ii) a description of any research conducted by the expert that led him or her to form the opinion, and
:::(ii) a description of any research conducted by the expert that led them to form the opinion, and
:::(iii) a list of every document, if any, relied on by the expert in forming the opinion.
:::(iii) a list of every document, if any, relied on by the expert in forming the opinion.


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# a record of any independent observations made by the expert in relation to the report,  
# a record of any independent observations made by the expert in relation to the report,  
# any data compiled by the expert in relation to the report,
# any data compiled by the expert in relation to the report,
# the results of any test conducted by or for the expert, or of any inspection conducted by the expert, if the expert has relied on that test or inspection in forming his or her opinion, as well as
# the results of any test conducted by or for the expert, or of any inspection conducted by the expert, if the expert has relied on that test or inspection in forming their opinion, as well as
# access to the contents of the expert's file relating to the preparation of the opinion set out in the expert's report.   
# access to the contents of the expert's file relating to the preparation of the opinion set out in the expert's report.