{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/31.14",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "31.14",
  "heading": "Documents referred to in statements of case etc.",
  "text": "(1) A party may inspect a document mentioned in—\n(a) a statement of case;\n(b) a witness statement;\n(c) a witness summary; or\n(d) an affidavit(GL).\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(Rule 35.10(4) makes provision in relation to instructions referred to in an expert’s report)\n(2) Subject to rule 35.10(4), a party may apply for an order for inspection of any document mentioned in an expert’s report which has not already been disclosed in the proceedings.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 31.14 renumbered as rule 31.14(1) (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 20(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 31.14(1)(c) inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 20(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Full stop in rule 31.14(1)(d) substituted for word (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 20(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 31.14(1)(e) omitted (25.3.2002) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 20(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 31.14(2) inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 20(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 31.14 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/31.14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}