Part 34 WITNESSES, DEPOSITIONS AND EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTSF1
England and Wales
Contents of this Part
| Scope of this Part | Rule 34.1 |
| Witness summonses | Rule 34.2 |
| Issue of a witness summons | Rule 34.3 |
| Witness summons in aid of inferior court or of tribunal | Rule 34.4 |
| Time for serving a witness summons | Rule 34.5 |
| Who is to serve a witness summons | Rule 34.6 |
| Right of witness to travelling expenses and compensation for loss of time | Rule 34.7 |
| F2Fines imposed under section 55 of the County Courts Act 1984 | Rule 34.7A |
| Evidence by deposition | Rule 34.8 |
| Conduct of examination | Rule 34.9 |
| Enforcing attendance of witness | Rule 34.10 |
| Use of deposition at a hearing | Rule 34.11 |
| Restrictions on subsequent use of deposition taken for the purpose of any hearing except the trial | Rule 34.12 |
| Where a person to be examined is out of the jurisdiction—letter of request | Rule 34.13 |
| Fees and expenses of examiner | Rule 34.14 |
| Examiners of the court | Rule 34.15 |
| F3II—EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTS | |
| Interpretation | Rule 34.16 |
| Application for order | Rule 34.17 |
| Examination | Rule 34.18 |
| Dealing with deposition | Rule 34.19 |
| Claim to privilege | Rule 34.20 |
| Order under 1975 Act as applied by Patents Act 1977 | Rule 34.21 |
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- I WITNESSES AND DEPOSITIONS
- II—EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTS
- III TAKING OF EVIDENCE—MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPE
Annotations
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
Words in Pt. 34 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/747), rules 1(1), 9(1)
- F3
Words in Pt. 34 Table of Contents inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 2 Pt. 1
- F4
Words in Pt. 34 Table of Contents omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 12(2) (with reg. 23) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)