Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
12. In Part 34—
(a)for the title, substitute “WITNESSES, DEPOSITIONS AND EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTS”;
(b)at the end of the list of contents, insert the text as set out in Part I of Schedule 2 to these Rules;
(c)for rule 34.1, substitute—
“I WITNESSES AND DEPOSITIONS
Scope of this Section
34.1—(1) This Section of this Part provides—
(a)for the circumstances in which a person may be required to attend court to give evidence or produce a document; and
(b)for a party to obtain evidence before a hearing to be used at the hearing.
(2) In this Section, reference to a hearing includes a reference to the trial.”;
(d)after rule 34.15—
(i)omit the cross-reference; and
(ii)insert Section II (Evidence for foreign courts) as set out in Part II of Schedule 2 to these Rules.