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Standard Orders for Hearing

The District Court of NSW “Standard Orders for Hearing” published 11 January 2016 include clauses 6-9 “Concurrent Evidence”.

They give effect to the Joint Conferences and Joint Report (“Conclaves”) and Concurrent Evidence provisions in UCPR 31.24-26 and make them the default position if expert witnesses are to give oral evidence. Joint Conferences or Conclaves and Joint Reports happen before the trial. Concurrent Evidence happens at the trial but is largely based on the Joint Conferences or Conclaves and Joint Reports.

The conclusion was that the one factor most likely to predict a productive and useful Joint Conference and Joint Report was the presence of an independent experienced legal practitioner, preferably a member of the Bar, acting as a facilitator.

This seminar note addresses the practical issues that may arise for vocational assessors from the much discussed decision in Hannover Life Re v Jones.

A number of people asked whether any labour market evidence was required if the “reasonably accessible” labour market test does not apply.

The assessment of the reasonably accessible labour market arises in employability assessments in TPD, as well as in earning capacity assessments at common law or in workers compensation.

Finding the right expert has never been easier and you pay no more than if you did the leg work and found the expert yourself.

The new Expert Experts website provides a simple way to find out more information about fields of expertise and to locate high quality experts in those fields.

Our specialty is finding hard to find and unusual experts, so at any point in your searching don’t hesitate to complete a contact form or give our staff a call on 1300 72 66 55 and let us do the searching for you.

Read below for a quick guide to the key features of the new site.

Only 10 years after the Rules and Practice Notes mandated Conclaves and Joint Reports in NSW the Courts are starting to impose them, and for the unprepared the results aren’t pretty.