The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

PART 34 E+W [F1 WITNESSES, DEPOSITIONS AND EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTS]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 34 heading substituted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rules 1(b), 12(a)

[F2 II—EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTS E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Pt. 34 Section 2 inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 2 Pt. 2

Dealing with deposition E+W

34.19— (1) The examiner must send the deposition of the witness to the Senior Master unless the court orders otherwise.

(2) The Senior Master will—

(a) give a certificate sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court for use out of the jurisdiction identifying the following documents—

(i) the request;

(ii) the order of the court for examination; and

(iii) the deposition of the witness; and

(b) send the certificate and the documents referred to in paragraph (a) to—

(i) the Secretary of State; or

(ii) where the request was sent to the Senior Master by another person in accordance with a Civil Procedure Convention, to that other person,

for transmission to the court or tribunal requesting the examination.]