{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-19.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-19.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/19.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "19.8",
  "heading": "Evidence – general",
  "text": "(1) No written evidence may be relied on at the hearing of the application unless—\n(a) it has been served in accordance with rule19.7; or\n(b) the court gives permission.\n(2) The court may require or permit a party to give oral evidence at the hearing.\n(3) The court may give directions requiring the attendance for cross-examination(GL) of a witness who has given written evidence. (Rule 22.1 contains a general power for the court to control evidence.)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/19.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}