UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 24.11 Objection

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 24.11

24.11 Objection

(cf SCR Part 27, rule 7; DCR Part 25, rule 12)

(1) If a party objects to a question put to a person being examined, or a person being examined objects to answering such a question or to producing any document or thing--

(a) the examiner must state to the parties his or her opinion, but must not decide, on the validity of the objection, and

(b) the question, the ground for the objection, the examiner's opinion on the objection and the answer (if any) of the person being examined must be set out in the transcript of that person's evidence or in a statement attached to the transcript, and

(c) the court may, on motion by any party, decide the validity of the objection, and

(d) if the court decides against the objector, the court may order the objector to pay the costs occasioned by the objection.

(2) This rule does not apply if the examiner is a judicial officer of the court.