Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2008 (Qld)

Queensland Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2008 Subordinate Legislation 2008 No. 112 made under the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Rules amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Replacement of r 427 (Expert evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 427 Expert evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2008 [s 1] 1 Short title This rule may be cited as the Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2008 . 2 Commencement This rule commences on 1 June 2008. 3 Rules amended This rule amends the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999. 4 Replacement of r 427 (Expert evidence) Rule 427— omit, insert— ‘427 Expert evidence ‘(1) Subject to subrule (4), an expert may give evidence-in-chief in a proceeding only by a report. ‘(2) The report may be tendered as evidence only if— (a) the report has been disclosed as required under rule 429; or (b) the court gives leave. ‘(3) Any party to the proceeding may tender as evidence at the trial any expert’s report disclosed by any party, subject to producing the expert for cross-examination if required. ‘(4) Oral evidence-in-chief may be given by an expert only— (a) in response to the report of another expert; or (b) if directed to issues that first emerged in the course of the trial; or (c) if the court gives leave.’. Page 2 2008 SL No. 112

Uniform Civil Procedure Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2008 ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 1 May 2008. 2 Notified in the gazette on 2 May 2008. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2008 2008 SL No. 112 Page 3