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Provisional expert report
A court-ordered independent examination by an expert, carried out before or outside ongoing proceedings, to establish facts relevant to a personal-injury claim.
Provisional expert report
A provisional expert report is a court-ordered examination in which an independent expert — such as a medical specialist, employment expert or actuary — answers factual questions relevant to a (possible) personal-injury case. The legal basis is in Articles 202 to 207 of the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure (Rv). What is special is that this examination takes place before or outside main proceedings: parties need not yet start a full lawsuit.
Main features
Practical consequences
A provisional expert report is used when parties cannot agree on medical or employment facts and a jointly appointed expert offers no solution. The report clarifies the factual situation and thereby promotes an out-of-court settlement. If that fails, the report forms a solid basis for the main proceedings. Victims are wise to formulate the questions carefully, as the court builds on them when appointing the expert.
“The court ordered a provisional expert report by a neurologist to establish whether the victim's whiplash complaints were causally linked to the traffic accident.”
Source: AI
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