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The Civil Procedure Rules 1998
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- 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)
- PART 34
- Rule 34.2
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Witness summonses
34.2—(1) A witness summons is a document issued by the court requiring a witness to—
(a)attend court to give evidence; or
(b)produce documents to the court.
(2) A witness summons must be in the relevant practice form.
(3) There must be a separate witness summons for each witness.
(4) A witness summons may require a witness to produce documents to the court either—
(a)on the date fixed for a hearing; or
(b)on such date as the court may direct.
(5) The only documents that a summons under this rule can require a person to produce before a hearing are documents which that person could be required to produce at the hearing.
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