Section 8, The Commercial and Admiralty Court Rules, 2020

(1) Notwithstanding Order 6 of the High Court Rules, 2007 all civil proceedings commenced by writ of summons shall be accompanied by a - 6 7 Assessors. Institution of proceedings. Writ of summons. (a) statement of claim; (b) list of witnesses to be called in the proceedings; (c) written statement of witnesses on oath; (d) brief submission of law to be relied upon; (e) set of copies of every document to be relied on at the trial; (f) full address, including email, fax and telephone number of the plaintiff and his (2) A witness statement shall - (a) be made on oath or affirmation; (b) contain the name, address and occupation of the witness; (c) be in the intended witness' own words so far as reasonably practicable; (d) sufficiently identify any document to which the statement refers without repeating its content unless it is necessary in order to identify the document; (e) not include any action of information or belief which are not admissible and where admissible, shall state the source of any action or information or belief; (f) not contain lengthy quotation from documents ; (g) include a statement by the intended witness that he believes the statement of fact to be true; (h) be in numbered paragraphs; and (i) shall be dated and signed or otherwise authenticated by the intended witness. (3) A witness statement shall be as set out in the First Schedule. (4) A writ of summons that is not accompanied by the documents required under sub-rule (1) shall not be accepted by the Registrar for the purpose of filing.