When is the deadline for affidavit exhibiting expert report before first directions hearing (minor civil action)?
The catalogue records a 2 working-days period from The date fixed for the first directions hearing (counted backwards). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- 2 working-days
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- The date fixed for the first directions hearing (counted backwards)
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- Leave of the Court is required to obtain an expert report after the first directions hearing (r 336.2(2)); expert opinion evidence cannot be led at trial without leave where the rule has not been complied with (r 336.2(3)).
- "business day" is defined in UCR r 2.1 as "a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday". Interrogatories cannot be administered in a minor civil action (r 336.3).