{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-32.9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/32.9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "32.9",
  "heading": "Witness summaries",
  "text": "(1) A party who—\n(a) is required to serve a witness statement for use at trial; but\n(b) is unable to obtain one,\nmay apply, without notice, for permission to serve a witness summary instead.\n(2) A witness summary is a summary of—\n(a) the evidence, if known, which would otherwise be included in a witness statement; or\n(b) if the evidence is not known, the matters about which the party serving the witness summary proposes to question the witness.\n(3) Unless the court orders otherwise, a witness summary must include the name and address of the intended witness.\n(4) Unless the court orders otherwise, a witness summary must be served within the period in which a witness statement would have had to be served.\n(5) Where a party serves a witness summary, so far as practicable rules 32.4 (requirement to serve witness statements for use at trial), 32.5(3) (amplifying witness statements), and 32.8 (form of witness statement) shall apply to the summary.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 32.9 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/32.9",
    "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."
}