Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

7.  In rule 34.13, for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) This rule applies where a party wishes to take a deposition from a person who is—

(a) out of the jurisdiction; and

(b) not in a Regulation State within the meaning of Section III of this Part.

(1A) The High Court may order the issue of a letter of request to the judicial authorities of the country in which the proposed deponent is.”.