Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules

22 (1) A party who intends to call an expert as a witness at a hearing must, not less than 30 days before the hearing, file with the Tribunal and serve on the other parties a report, signed by the proposed expert, setting out the proposed expert’s name, postal and email addresses, telephone number, qualifications, area of expertise and a summary of their testimony in sufficient detail to convey a reasonable understanding of it.

(2) A party on whom a report has been served and who wishes to rebut with expert evidence any matter set out in the report must, not less than 20 days before the hearing, file with the Tribunal and serve on the other parties a rebuttal expert report setting out a summary of the rebuttal evidence to be introduced in sufficient detail to convey a reasonable understanding of it.

(3) The rebuttal expert report must be signed by the author of the report and set out their name, postal and email addresses, telephone number, qualifications, area of expertise and a summary of their testimony in sufficient detail to convey a reasonable understanding of it.

(4) The Tribunal may, prior to the commencement of a hearing, direct that parties seek to reach an agreement

• (a) on whether a person has the requisite credentials or qualifications to be considered as an expert; and

• (b) on the proposed area of expertise of that person.