For constituting a reasonable opportunity, the following conditions are required to be observed :
- Each party must have notice that the hearing is to take place.
- Each party must have a reasonable opportunity to be present at the hearing, together with his advisers and witnesses.
- Each party must have the opportunity to be present throughout the hearing
- Each party must have a reasonable opportunity to present evidence and argument in support of his own case.
- Each party must have a reasonable opportunity to test his opponent's case by cross-examining his witnesses, presenting rebutting evidence and addressing oral argument.
- The hearing must, unless the contrary is expressly agreed, be the occasion on which the parties present the whole of their evidence and argument.
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