Unless the Court orders otherwise, the parties' lawyers will not attend the conference but will be provided with a copy of any conference report. The conference is attended only by the experts and any Conference Facilitator. The purpose of the conference is for the experts to have a comprehensive discussion of issues relating to their field of expertise, with a view to identifying key issues and areas of agreement and disagreement. Such an order may be made on the application of a party under Rule 23.15 of the Rules or on the Court's own initiative under Rule 5.04 of the Rules. Where appropriate, the Court may appoint a registrar of the Court or some other suitably qualified person ( Conference Facilitator) to act as a facilitator at the conference. When the Court makes case management orders to prepare for trial, the Court may require experts (who are to give or have given reports) to meet for the purpose of identifying and addressing the issues in dispute between the experts ( conference).
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