Arbitration Act 2005 · Updated to 1 Nov 2018 · Chapter 5
28. Expert appointed by arbitral tribunal
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arbitral tribunal
“arbitral tribunal” means an emergency arbitrator, a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators.
appoint one or more experts to report to it on specific issues to be determined by the arbitral tribunal; or
require a party to give the expert any relevant information or to produce or to provide access to any relevant documents, goods or other property for the expert’s inspection.
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if a party so requests or if the arbitral tribunal considers it necessary, the expert shall, after delivery of a written or oral report, participate in a hearing where the parties have the opportunity to put questions to the expert and to present other expert witnesses in order to testify on the points at issue.
party
“party” means a party to an arbitration agreement or, in any case where an arbitration does not involve all the parties to the arbitration agreement, means a party to the arbitration;