EVIDENCE - opinion evidence - admissibility of 'joint' expert report - problem of compromised opinions - consideration of s 79 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) in the context of complex expert reports prepared by more than one author and partly on the basis of work performed by others
Held: opinion evidence in the 'joint' expert report and evidence on the voir dire admitted as evidence of one expert - 'revised' report of expert rejected
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Division 23.2 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) - consideration of what is required to "identify the questions that the expert was asked to address" within the meaning of rule 23.13(d) and letters of instruction
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