[No expert evidence being necessary, no party has permission to call or rely on expert evidence].
[On it appearing to the court that expert evidence is necessary on the issue of
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and that that evidence should be given by the report of a single expert instructed jointly by the parties, the shall no later than inform the court whether or not such an expert has been instructed].
[The expert evidence on the issue of shall be limited to a single expert jointly instructed by the parties.
If the parties cannot agree by who that expert is to be and about the payment of his fees either party may apply for further directions.
Unless the parties agree in writing or the court orders otherwise, the fees and expenses of such an expert shall be paid to him [by the parties equally] [ ] and be limited to £ .
[The report of the expert shall be filed at the court no later than ].
[No party shall be entitled to recover by way of costs from any other party more than £ for the fees or expenses of an expert].
The parties shall exchange reports setting out the substance of any expert evidence on which they intend to rely.
[The exchange shall take place simultaneously no later than ].
[The shall serve his report(s) no later than the and the shall serve his reports no later than the ].
[The exchange of reports relating to [causation] [ ] shall take place simultaneously no later than .
The shall serve his report(s) relating to [damage] [ ] no later than and the shall serve his reports relating to it no later than ].
Reports shall be agreed if possible no later than [ days after service] [ ].
[If the reports are not agreed within that time there shall be a without prejudice discussion between the relevant experts no later than to identify the issues between them and to reach agreement if possible.
The experts shall prepare for the court a statement of the issues on which they agree and on which they disagree with a summary of their reasons, and that statement shall be filed with the court [no later than ] [with] [no later than the date for filing] [the pre-trial check list].
[Each party has permission to use [ ] as expert witness(es) to give [oral] evidence [in the form of a report] at the trial in the field of provided that the substance of the evidence to be given has been disclosed as above and has not been agreed].
[Each party has permission to use in evidence experts report(s) [and the court will consider when the claim is listed for trial whether expert oral evidence will be allowed].]
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