# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 22.5: Service of witness statements for use at the final hearing


(1) The court may give directions as to service on the other parties of any witness statement of the oral evidence on which a party intends to rely in relation to any issues of fact to be decided at the final hearing.
(2) The court may give directions as to—
(a) the order in which witness statements are to be served; and
(b) whether or not the witness statements are to be filed.
(3) Where the court directs that a court officer is to serve a witness statement on the other parties, any reference in this Chapter to a party serving a witness statement is to be read as including a reference to a court officer serving the statement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/22.5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-22.5
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