APPOINTMENT BY THE COURT AS A SINGLE EXPERT

The Court, in most cases, has the power to appoint an expert to determine any issue requiring expert opinion, which will assist it in making its determination. The practical operation of such an appointment is similar to that referred to above in (b), except that to introduce a competing opinion may require the leave (permission) of the Court. In some circumstances where there are experts appointed on behalf of each of the parties the Court may order a meeting of those experts in order to attempt to reconcile their opinions. The Court may also order that the experts prepare a joint report or an agreed statement of facts to assist in the understanding of the issues in dispute where the experts’ opinions cannot be reconciled those differing opinions are still able to be maintained, if it is appropriate to do so, after a meeting of the experts has taken place.