Acknowledge expert witness duties without retyping your professional details

Expert witnesses retained in Ontario civil proceedings repeat their name, address, area of expertise, and contact information on every acknowledgement of expert's duty form. This guide is an example of storing them once in hivi.

Official form and source

Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:

• Service page: Ontario Courts — ontariocourts.ca
• Form (Central Forms Repository): Acknowledgement of Expert's Duty — 004-3040

What this form is about

Form 004-3040 is the Acknowledgement of Expert's Duty, used when an expert witness confirms obligations to the court under Ontario's rules of civil procedure — confirm when it is required on ontariocourts.ca.

Before you start: what to gather

• Expert's full legal name and business address.
• Area of expertise and qualifications summary.
• Contact phone and email.
• Case or court file number and party retaining the expert.

Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.

How hivi makes it faster

1. Save it once. Store your expert name, address, and contact details in your hivi profile.
2. Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to hivi Files so you are not searching at form time.
3. Autofill the form. Use the hivi Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside hivi.
4. Review and submit yourself through the official channel.

Why do it in hivi

Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in hivi — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.