PART 5COURT DOCUMENTS

Supply of documents to a non-party from court records5

1

Subject to rules 5.12 and 4.3(2), a person who is not a party to proceedings may inspect or obtain from the court records a copy of any judgment or order given or made in public.

2

The court may, on an application made to it, authorise a person who is not a party to proceedings to—

a

inspect any other documents in the court records; or

b

obtain a copy of any such documents, or extracts from such documents.

3

A person making an application for an authorisation under paragraph (2) must do so in accordance with Part 10.

4

Before giving an authorisation under paragraph (2), the court will consider whether any document is to be provided on an edited basis.