Rules of court may provide that where a party to civil proceedings adduces hearsay evidence of a statement made by a person and does not call that person as a witness, any other party to the proceedings may, with the leave of the court, call that person as a witness and cross-examine him on the statement as if he had been called by the first-mentioned party and as if the hearsay statement were his evidence in chief.
Section 3: Power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay statement.
Civil Evidence Act 1995 · 1995 c. 38View on legislation.gov.uk
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