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8. Any person intending to participate in the hearing should provide a mailing address, email address and a telephone number to the Tribunal as soon as possible - ideally before the case management conference. Any person who will be retaining a representative should advise the other parties and the Tribunal of the representative's name, address, email address and the phone number as soon as possible.
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9. Any person who intends to participate in the hearing, including parties, counsel and witnesses, is expected to review the Tribunal's Video Hearing Guide.
Requirements Before the Hearing
- 10. A party who intends to call witnesses, whether by summons or not, shall provide to the Tribunal and the other parties a list of the witnesses and the order in which they will be called. This list must be delivered on or before January 29, 2021 and in accordance with paragraph 24 below. A party who intends to call an expert witness must include a copy of the witness' Curriculum Vitae and the area of expertise in which the witness is prepared to be qualified.
- 11.Expert witnesses in the same field shall have a meeting on or before February 1, 2021 and use best efforts to try to resolve or reduce the issues for the hearing. Following the experts' meeting, the parties must prepare and file a Statement of Agreed Facts and Issues with the LPAT case co-ordinator on or March 12, 2021.
- 12.An expert witness shall prepare an expert witness statement, which shall list any reports prepared by the expert, or any other reports or documents to be relied on at the hearing. Copies of this must be provided as in paragraph [15] below. Instead of a witness statement, the expert may file his or her entire report if it contains the required information. If this is not done, the Tribunal may refuse to hear the expert's testimony.
- 13.Expert witnesses who are under summons but not paid to produce a report do not have to file an expert witness statement, but the party calling them must file a brief outline of the expert's evidence as in paragraph [15] below. A party who intends to call a witness who is not an expert must file a brief outline of the witness' evidence, as in paragraph [15] below.
- 14.On or before February 12, 2021, the parties shall provide copies of their [witness and] expert witness statements to the other parties and to the LPAT case co-ordinator and in accordance with paragraph 24 below.
- 15.On or before February 12, 2021, the parties shall provide copies of their