PART 48CONTEMPT OF COURT

CONTEMPT OF COURT BY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER, ETC.

Content of written witness statement48.12

1

This rule applies to a written witness statement served under rule 48.11.

2

Such a written witness statement must contain a declaration by the person making it that it is true to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief.

[Note. By reason of sections 15 and 45 of the Senior Courts Act 19811019, the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court each has an inherent power to imprison (for a maximum of 2 years), or fine (to an unlimited amount), or both, for contempt of court a person who, in a written witness statement to which this rule applies, makes, or causes to be made, a false statement without an honest belief in its truth. See also section 14 of the Contempt of Court Act 19811020.]