Where disputed quantum, delay, disruption or quantity surveying practice requires independent opinion, the appointment must match the issues and expert discipline.
The expert reviews the instructed issues, relevant records and evidence before forming an independent opinion within the expert’s discipline. That opinion may be presented in an expert report for adjudication, arbitration or litigation.
The expert report may address the instructed issues, evidence, methodology, assumptions, limitations, matters supporting or weakening the opinion, and matters outside the expert’s discipline.