{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-27.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-27.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/27.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "27.8",
  "heading": "Conduct of the hearing",
  "text": "(1) The court may adopt any method of proceeding at a hearing that it considers to be fair.\n(2) Hearings will be informal.\n(3) The strict rules of evidence do not apply.\n(4) The court need not take evidence on oath.\n(5) The court may limit cross-examination(GL).\n(6) The court must give reasons for its decision.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 27.8 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/27.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}