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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988/schedule/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1976",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Small Claim Rules) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Witnesses",
  "text": "(1) A party to a small claim shall be entitled to give and lead evidence but shall be responsible for securing the attendance of his witnesses at a hearing and shall be personally liable for their expenses (which shall form expenses in the cause only up to the limit prescribed in rule 26 below).\n(2) The hearing of a small claim shall not be adjourned solely on account of the failure of a witness to appear unless the sheriff on cause shown so directs.\n(3) Evidence by a party or witness shall be given on oath or affirmation.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1976/schedule/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:02.205881+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}