Judicial principles and studies
Appointment of Experts and Land Expropriation/Waste Plots: Admissibility and Expert Report Requirements
Parties may agree, expressly or implicitly, to appoint experts outside the register; courts must ensure experts explain their pricing basis and the status of plots as waste, and account for any expropriation when calculating compensation.
Updated: 10 September 2026
Prepared and reviewed by: Ashraf Al-Khawaja
Subject
- Parties may agree, expressly or implicitly (by not objecting), to appoint experts who are not listed in the official register, pursuant to Article 84/1 of the Code of Civil Procedure. An appellate court’s selection of such experts is not unlawful if opposing counsel did not object at appointment or upon filing the report.
Summary
- Where the case file lacks indications that experts relied on baseline prices or local land sale data, and the experts did not attach copies or notes of relevant sale contracts, the court cannot verify whether the experts’ valuations match market reality. - The court should therefore require experts to clarify the bases of their pricing and to address the question of non-possibility of using the plots described as waste—even if those plots are combined with the plaintiff’s adjacent parcels—including assessment against building and urban-planning rules and consideration of suitability for uses such as office organization. - Experts should state when the plots became non-buildable waste and identify under which expropriation(s) that status arose, so that compensation can be calculated in light of the applicable expropriation context. - If the expert report references multiple expropriations, reliance on the report without these clarifications is premature and may render the judgment vulnerable to reversal. This is a general educational summary for informational purposes only; it is not a judicial text or legal advice.
Practical significance
This is a general educational summary based on the points published in the official source. It does not replace the original material or a review by Ashraf Al-Khawaja before relying on it for any action.
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