Witnesses

The First-tier Tribunal can by citation:

• require any person to attend as a witness at a hearing at a certain time and place
• order any person to answer any questions or produce any documents which relate to any issue in the proceedings (paragraph 16)(1))

A citation is a formal letter.

The citation for a person to attend as a witness must include all of the following:

• at least 14 calendar days’ notice of the hearing or any other period of time the First–tier Tribunal sets
• information about how the witness’s expenses for attending can be paid, if the witness is not a party in the case
• who is to pay the expenses for attending
• state that the person who is cited can apply to the Tribunal to have the citation varied or set aside
• the consequences of failing to comply with the citation or order ​​​​​​​(paragraph 16)(2))

No one can be compelled to either:

• give any evidence
• produce any document

that they could not be compelled to give or produce in civil proceedings in a Scottish court.