{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/32.12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "32.12",
  "heading": "Use of witness statements for other purposes",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided by this rule, a witness statement may be used only for the purpose of the proceedings in which it is served.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if and to the extent that—\n(a) the witness gives consent in writing to some other use of it;\n(b) the court gives permission for some other use; or\n(c) the witness statement has been put in evidence at a hearing held in public.\n(3) This rule applies to affidavits in the same way as it applies to witness statements.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 32.12(3) inserted (6.4.2021) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/117), rules 1(1), 8(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 32.12 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/32.12",
    "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."
}