Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 32 applied (1.11.2009) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2477), rules 2, 75
C2Pt. 32 applied (30.6.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/1301), rules 2, 225(4) (with rule 5)
C3Pt. 32 applied (31.1.2014) by The Postal Administration Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/3208), rules 1, 130(3) (with rules 3, 210)
C4Pt. 32 applied (6.4.2017) by The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/1024), rules 1, 12.1(3) (with rule 3(3), Sch. 2)
C5Pt. 32 applied (5.7.2018) by The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/719), rules 1.1, 4.1(3) (with rule 1.2)
C6Pt. 32 applied (31.1.2019) by The Education Administration Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/1135), rules 1, 4.1(3) (with rule 1.2)
C7Pt. 32 applied (12.11.2021) by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1178), rules 2, 187(4)
C8Pt. 32 applied (18.7.2023) by The Relevant Licensee Nuclear Company Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/712), rules 1(2)(a), 130(3) (with rule 2)
32.4—(1) A witness statement is a written statement signed by a person which contains the evidence which that person would be allowed to give orally.
(2) The court will order a party to serve on the other parties any witness statement of the oral evidence which the party serving the statement intends to rely on in relation to any issues of fact to be decided at the trial.
(3) The court may give directions as to—
(a)the order in which witness statements are to be served; and
(b)whether or not the witness statements are to be filed.