Disclosure—standard disclosure and the reasonable search

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Practice notes

Disclosure—standard disclosure and the reasonable search

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Practice notes

This Practice Note provides guidance on conducting a reasonable search for standard disclosure under CPR 31.7. It answers the following key questions on disclosure under the rules: ‘What is standard disclosure?’, ‘What is a document?’ and ‘What is a reasonable search?’ in terms of meaning, relevance, reasonableness and control by reference to the overriding principles.

Business and Property Court claims

This Practice Note does not cover the provisions of the disclosure scheme operating in the Business and Property Courts. For guidance, see: Disclosure scheme—overview.

Claims started on or after 1 October 2015 in the Business and Property Courts may be suitable for and/or be subject to one or both of the schemes operating under CPR PD 57AB, namely the shorter trials scheme and/or the flexible trials scheme. For more information on these schemes in the context of disclosure, see Practice Notes: Business and Property Courts—shorter trials scheme—Disclosure under the shorter trials scheme and Business and Property Courts—flexible trials scheme—Disclosure under the flexible trials scheme.

What is standard disclosure?

CPR 31.6 stipulates that an order for standard

Jurisdiction(s):

United Kingdom

Key definition:

Disclosure definition

What does Disclosure mean?

Disclosure of a document occurs by a party stating that it exists or has existed.

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