(1) A party may not call an expert witness or put in the report of an expert witness without the court's permission.
(2) The general rule is that the court's permission is to be given at a case management conference.
(3) When a party applies for permission under this rule —
(a) that party must name the expert witness and identify the nature of his or her expertise; and
(b) any permission granted shall be in relation to that expert witness only.
(4) The oral or written expert witness' evidence may not be called or put in unless the party wishing to call or put in that evidence has served a report of the evidence which the expert witness intends to give.
(5) The court must direct by what date the report must be served.
(6) The court may direct that only part of an expert witness' report be disclosed.