{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-16.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-16.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1568",
  "legislation_title": "The Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/16.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.4",
  "heading": "Evidence in response to application",
  "text": "(1) Any person who is served with an application for an injunction or a restoration order may serve a witness statement in response.\n(2) A witness statement under paragraph (1) must be—\n(a) verified by a statement of truth in the following form—\n“I believe that the facts stated in this witness statement are true.”; and\n(b) signed and dated by the person making the statement\n(c) served on the applicant and sent to the registry within 14 days of the service of the application for an injunction or restoration order.\n(3) Subject to Parts 11 and 12, any person who may serve a witness statement in response under this rule may also—\n(a) give oral evidence at the hearing;\n(b) call witnesses; and\n(c) address the court.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 16.4 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 28.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1568/rule/16.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:22.575744+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."
}