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7.—(1) A party must file, at or by such time as the justices’ clerk or the court directs or, in the absence of a direction, before the hearing or directions appointment—
(a)written statements of the substance of the oral evidence which the party intends to adduce at a hearing or directions appointment, which must—
(i)be dated;
(ii)be signed by the person making the statement;
(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
(iv)show in the top right-hand corner of the first page—
(aa)the initials and surname of the person making the statement;
(bb)the number of the statement in relation to the maker;
(cc)the date on which the statement was made; and
(dd)the party on whose behalf it is filed; and
(b)copies of any documents on which the party intends to rely at a hearing or a directions appointment.
(2) Subject to any direction of the justices’ clerk or the court about the timing of statements under this paragraph, a party may file a statement which is supplementary to a statement filed under sub-paragraph (1).
(3) Where a non-resident party files a statement or document under this paragraph, that party must also file a copy of it for service on the resident party and, on receipt of that copy, the designated officer must serve it on the resident party.
(4) At a hearing or directions appointment a party may not without the permission 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 the party has failed to comply with the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) and, where applicable, sub-paragraph (3).
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