{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-22.19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-22.19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/22.19",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "22.19",
  "heading": "Availability of witness statements for inspection during the final hearing",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to proceedings under Part 7 (matrimonial and civil partnership proceedings).\n(2) A witness statement which stands as evidence in chief(GL) is open to inspection during the course of the final hearing unless the court directs otherwise.\n(3) Any person may ask for a direction that a witness statement is not open to inspection.\n(4) The court will not make a direction under paragraph (2) unless it is satisfied that a witness statement should not be open to inspection because of—\n(a) the interests of justice;\n(b) the public interest;\n(c) the nature of any expert medical evidence in the statement;\n(d) the nature of any confidential information (including information relating to personal financial matters) in the statement; or\n(e) the need to protect the interests of any child or protected party.\n(5) The court may exclude from inspection words or passages in the witness statement.",
  "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/22.19",
    "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."
}