PART 34DEPOSITIONS AND COURT ATTENDANCE BY WITNESSES

Witness summonses34.2

(1)

A witness summons is a document issued by the court requiring a witness to—

(a)

attend court to give evidence; or

(b)

produce documents to the court.

(2)

A witness summons must be in the relevant practice form.

(3)

There must be a separate witness summons for each witness.

(4)

A witness summons may require a witness to produce documents to the court either—

(a)

on the date fixed for a hearing; or

(b)

on such date as the court may direct.

(5)

The only documents that a summons under this rule can require a person to produce before a hearing are documents which that person could be required to produce at the hearing.