{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-35.14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-35.14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/35.14",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "35.14",
  "heading": "Expert’s right to ask court for directions",
  "text": "(1) Experts may file written requests for directions for the purpose of assisting them in carrying out their functions.\n(2) Experts must, unless the court orders otherwise, provide copies of the proposed requests for directions under paragraph (1)—\n(a) to the party instructing them, at least 7 days before they file the requests; and\n(b) to all other parties, at least 4 days before they file them.\n(3) The court, when it gives directions, may also direct that a party be served with a copy of the directions.\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 35.14(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rules 1(2), 5(s)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 35.14(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rules 1(2), 5(s)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 35.14(3) inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 22(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 35.14(3)(a)(b) omitted (25.3.2002) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rules 1(c), 22(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 35.14 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/35.14",
    "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."
}