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Rule 22.3 Failure to verify a witness statementI1

England and Wales

If the maker of a witness statement fails to verify F1it by a statement of truth the court may direct that it shall not be admissible as evidence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in rule 22.3 substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 13(3)

Commencement

I1

Rule 22.3 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature