Crown Court (Advance Notice of Expert Evidence) Rules 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/716 |
| Year | 1987 |
1987 No. 716 (L.2)
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
The Crown Court (Advance Notice of Expert Evidence) Rules 1987
Made 9th April 1987
Laid before Parliament 15th April 1987
Coming into force 15th July 1987
We, the Crown Court Rule Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by sections 84(1) and 86 of the Supreme Court Act 19811and section 81 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 19842, hereby make the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Advance Notice of Expert Evidence) Rules 1987 and shall come into force on 15th July 1987.
2. These Rules shall not have effect in relation to any proceedings in which a person has been committed for trial or ordered to be retried before 15th July 1987.
3.—(1) Following the committal for trial of any person, or the making of an order for his retrial, if any party to the proceedings proposes to adduce expert evidence (whether of fact or opinion) in the proceedings (otherwise than in relation to sentence) he shall as soon as practicable, unless in relation to the evidence in question he has already done so–
(a)
(a) furnish the other party or parties with a statement in writing of any finding or opinion which he proposes to adduce by way of such evidence; and
(b)
(b) Where a request in writing is made to him in that behalf by any other party, provide that party also with a copy of (or if it appears to the party proposing to adduce the evidence to be more practicable, a reasonable opportunity to examine) the record of any observation, test, calculation or other procedure on which such finding or opinion is based and any document or other thing or substance in respect of which any such procedure had been carried out.
(2) A party may by notice in writing waive his right to be furnished with any of the matters mentioned in paragraph (1) above and, in particular, may agree that the statement mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) thereof may be furnished to him orally and not in writing.
(3) In paragraph (1) above, “document” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Civil Evidence Act 19683.
4.—(1) If a party has reasonable grounds for believing that the disclosure of any evidence in compliance...
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