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Part 6Rules of court and miscellaneous provisions
Appointment of technical advisers

163Court of Appeal and Supreme Court may appoint technical advisers

  1. The Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court may appoint a suitably qualified person (a technical adviser) to assist it by giving advice in an appeal in a proceeding involving a question arising from evidence relating to scientific, technical, or economic matters, or from other expert evidence, if the court is of the opinion that it is desirable to have expert assistance.

  2. The technical adviser must give the advice in the manner directed by the court during the course of the proceeding on any question referred to the technical adviser.

  3. Advice given by a technical adviser—

  4. is information provided to the court; and
    1. may be given the weight the court thinks fit.

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