PART 18MEASURES TO ASSIST A WITNESS OR DEFENDANT TO GIVE EVIDENCE

DEFENDANT’S EVIDENCE DIRECTIONS

Exercise of court’s powers18.14

The court may decide whether to give, vary or discharge a defendant’s evidence direction—

a

at a hearing, in public or in private, or without a hearing; and

b

in a party’s absence, if that party—

i

applied for the direction, variation or discharge, or

ii

has had at least 10 business days in which to make representations.