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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-57.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997",
  "path": "article/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Expert evidence",
  "text": "(1) Expert evidence shall not be adduced at trial without the leave of the court unless the party proposing to rely on it has served on every other party and the court administration officer, not less than 14 days before the date appointed for the trial, a statement of the substance of the expert evidence.\n(2) The statement referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be in writing unless every other party consents to its being made orally.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/172/article/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:04.339831+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."
}