# The Family Proceedings Courts (Matrimonial Proceedings etc.) Rules 1991, Article 9: Documentary evidence


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(1) Subject to paragraph (4), in any proceedings under the Act the parties shall file and serve on the other parties–
(a) written statements of the substance of the oral evidence which the party intends to adduce at a hearing of, or a directions appointment in, those proceedings, which shall–
(i) be dated,
(ii) be signed by the person making the statement, and
(iii) contain a declaration that the maker of the statement believes it to be true and understands that it may be placed before the court, and
(b) copies of any documents upon which the party intends to rely at a hearing of, or a directions appointment in, those proceedings,
at or by such time as the justices' clerk or the court directs or, in the absence of a direction, before the hearing or appointment.
(2) A party may, subject to any direction of the justices' clerk or the court about the timing of statements under this rule, file and serve on the parties a statement which is supplementary to a statement served under paragraph (1).
(3) At a hearing or directions appointment a party may not, without the leave of the justices' clerk in the case of a directions appointment, or the court–
(a) adduce evidence, or
(b) seek to rely on a document,
in respect of which he has failed to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1991/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-matrimonial-proceedings-etc-rules-1991/article-9
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