# The Copyright Tribunal Rules 2010, Rule 26: Summoning of witnesses and orders to answer questions or produce documents

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) On the application of a party or on its own initiative, the Tribunal may—
(a) by summons require any person to attend as a witness at a hearing at the time and place specified in the summons; or
(b) order any person to answer any questions or produce any documents in that person’s possession or control which relate to any issue in the proceedings.
(2) A summons under paragraph (1)(a) must—
(a) give the person required to attend not less than 14 days’ notice of the hearing or such shorter period as the Tribunal may direct; and
(b) where the person is not a party, make provision for the person’s necessary expenses of attendance to be paid, and state who is to pay them.
(3) No person may be compelled to give any evidence or produce any document that the person could not be compelled to give or produce on a trial of an action in a court of law in the part of the United Kingdom where the proceedings are due to be determined.
(4) This rule shall only apply to proceedings in England and Wales and Northern Ireland

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/791/rule/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-tribunal-rules-2010/rule-26
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