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Rule 19.7 Court’s power to direct that evidence is to be given by a single joint expertI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Where more than one defendant wants to introduce expert evidence on an issue at trial, the court may direct that the evidence on that issue is to be given by one expert only.

(2)

Where the co-defendants cannot agree who should be the expert, the court may—

(a)

select the expert from a list prepared or identified by them; or

(b)

direct that the expert be selected in another way.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Rule 19.7 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble