Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The role of an agreed or appointed expert is to assist the court impartially on the issue or issues on which the expert is giving expert medical evidence.
(2) The expert's primary duty is to the court.
(3) The expert is not an advocate for a party to the proceeding.
(4) In giving evidence in relation to the question whether particular medical treatment amounts to professional negligence, the expert must have regard to whether the treatment was in accordance with an opinion widely held by a significant number of respected practitioners in Australia in the relevant field.