{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-31.6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/31.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "31.6",
  "heading": "Standard disclosure—what documents are to be disclosed",
  "text": "Standard disclosure requires a party to disclose only—\n(a) the documents on which they rely; and\n(b) the documents which—\n(i) adversely affect their own case;\n(ii) adversely affect another party’s case; or\n(iii) support another party’s case; and\n(c) the documents which they are required to disclose by a relevant practice direction.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 31.6(a) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 31.6(b)(i) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 31.6(c) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 10(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 31.6 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/31.6",
    "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."
}