When a report is prepared for a court case under section 125, you can talk about things mentioned in the report if you are part of the case. You can share your thoughts on what the report says. The court can also ask the person who wrote the report to come and talk about it.
The court can decide to ask the report writer to come and talk on its own, or because someone involved in the case asked them to. This means the report writer might have to come to court and answer questions. The court wants to make sure it has all the information it needs to make a decision.
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Where a report has been prepared, under section 125, for a proceeding, every party to the proceeding may give evidence on a matter referred to in the report.
The court may call the person making the report as a witness, either on its own initiative or on the application of a party to the proceeding.
