What the specialist may need
- an appointment order, court ruling or other documents setting out the questions, if available;
- the materials to be examined and information about their provenance;
- the expert report, if the work involves reviewing it and preparing a specialist opinion;
- the parts of the case materials needed to understand the context of the question posed.
What is provided as the result
The document issued following the examination is a specialist opinion. If the examination consists of reviewing a previously prepared expert report, the result is also documented as a specialist opinion.
Submission of the result
The specialist opinion is prepared in writing. By agreement, it is delivered on paper and/or electronically, signed with the specialist's enhanced qualified electronic signature (УКЭП).
When summoned under procedural rules, the specialist may testify and explain the examination and its conclusions within the scope of specialist knowledge. The procedure for submitting the opinion and the specialist's participation in a particular case is determined with the applicable procedural rules taken into account.
What is best agreed with an advocate
The wording of a procedural application, the list of attachments, the need to summon the specialist and the procedural strategy are best determined with defence counsel or a representative. The specialist is responsible for the scientific and methodological part of the examination, rather than the choice of procedural tactics.