{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/32.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "32.8",
  "heading": "Form of witness statement",
  "text": "A witness statement must comply with the requirements set out in Practice Direction 32.\n(Part 22 requires a witness statement to be verified by a statement of truth)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 32.8 substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 32.8 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/32.8",
    "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."
}