subpeona

[cherry1]

In a civil law suit when you are subpeoned does the party which you are being a witness against know prior to the court hearing that you have been supeoned.

[Didwot]

The Civil Proceedure Rules require the parties to the case to serve copies fo the statements of all their witnesses on each other. If they cannot get a statement from the witness they have to serve a summary of the anticiapted evidence. In short, yes the other party should know all the witnesses who will be giving evidence for the other side.