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Senior Courts Act 2016

Rules of court and miscellaneous provisions - Appointment of technical advisers

163: Court of Appeal and Supreme Court may appoint technical advisers

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"Courts can get expert help from technical advisers for special cases."

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You can get help from a technical adviser in the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court. The court chooses a technical adviser who is an expert in a certain area. The technical adviser gives advice to the court on scientific, technical, or economic matters. You need to know that the technical adviser gives advice in the way the court asks. The court decides how much importance to give to the technical adviser's advice. The technical adviser's advice is information for the court. The court can look at a previous law for comparison.

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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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