N.J. Stat. § 2A:23A-28: Trial de novo

No statements, admissions or testimony made at the arbitration proceedings, nor the arbitration decision, as confirmed or modified by the court, shall be used or referred to at the trial de novo by any of the parties, except that the court may consider any of those matters in determining the amount of any reduction in assessments made pursuant to section 10 of this act.

L. 1987,c.329, s.9.