{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-35.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/35",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "EXPERTS AND ASSESSORS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nDuty to restrict expert evidence\nRule 35.1\nInterpretation and definitions\nRule 35.2\nExperts—overriding duty to the court\nRule 35.3\nCourt’s power to restrict expert evidence\nRule 35.4\nGeneral requirement for expert evidence to be given in written report\nRule 35.5\nWritten questions to experts\nRule 35.6\nCourt’s power to direct that evidence is to be given by a single joint expert\nRule 35.7\nInstructions to a single joint expert\nRule 35.8\nPower of court to direct party to provide information\nRule 35.9\nContents of report\nRule 35.10\nUse by one party of expert’s report disclosed by another\nRule 35.11\nDiscussions between experts\nRule 35.12\nConsequence of failure to disclose expert’s report\nRule 35.13\nExpert’s right to ask court for directions\nRule 35.14\nAssessors\nRule 35.15",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 35 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rules 1(2), 5(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}