# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 1: Application for an assessor

Extent: N.I.

A party who desires a person of skill and experience in the matter to which the proceedings relate to be appointed as an assessor to assist [ the judge] shall, before the beginning of a period of eleven days ending on the day fixed for the hearing, on notice to the other party lodge in the Office an application together with the amount of the assessor’s fee, and thereupon the chief clerk shall send a copy of the application to [ the judge].

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/19/rule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-19/rule-1
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