{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/32.13",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "32.13",
  "heading": "Availability of witness statements for inspection",
  "text": "(1) A witness statement which stands as evidence in chief(GL) is open to inspection during the course of the trial unless the court otherwise directs.\n(2) Any person may ask for a direction that a witness statement is not open to inspection.\n(3) The court will not make a direction under paragraph (2) unless it is satisfied that a witness statement should not be open to inspection because of—\n(a) the interests of justice;\n(b) the public interest;\n(c) the nature of any expert medical evidence in the statement;\n(d) the nature of any confidential information (including information relating to personal financial matters) in the statement; or\n(e) the need to protect the interests of any child or protected party.\n(4) The court may exclude from inspection words or passages in the statement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 32.13(1) substituted (26.3.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/256), rules 1(a), 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 32.13(3)(e) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/2204), rules 1, 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 32.13 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/32.13",
    "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."
}