{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-24.10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-24.10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/24.10",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "24.10",
  "heading": "Use of deposition at a hearing",
  "text": "(1) A deposition ordered under rule 24.7 may be given in evidence at a hearing unless the court orders otherwise.\n(2) A party intending to put in evidence a deposition at a hearing must file notice of intention to do so on the court and the court will give directions about serving the notice on every other party.\n(3) The party must file the notice at least 21 days before the day fixed for the hearing.\n(4) The court may require a deponent to attend the hearing and give evidence orally.\n(5) Where a deposition is given in evidence at the final hearing, it is treated as if it were a witness statement for the purposes of rule 22.19 (availability of witness statements for inspection).\n(... )",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 24.10 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Court of Protection Rules 2017 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/517), regs. 1(1), 16(3) (with reg. 25) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 8(2)(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/24.10",
    "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."
}