Section 31.16(3)

The court may make an order under this rule only where— the respondent is likely to be a party to subsequent proceedings; the applicant is also likely to be a party to those proceedings; if proceedings had started, the respondent’s duty by way of standard disclosure, set out in rule 31.6, would extend to the documents or classes of documents of which the applicant seeks disclosure; and disclosure before proceedings have started is desirable in order to— dispose fairly of the anticipated proceedings; assist the dispute to be resolved without proceedings; or save costs.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15