{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-52.14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-52.14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/52.14",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "52.14",
  "heading": "Transcripts at public expense",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the lower court or the appeal court may direct, on the request of a party to the proceedings, that an official transcript of the judgment of the lower court, or of any part of the evidence or the proceedings in the lower court, be obtained at public expense for the purposes of an appeal.\n(2) Before making a direction under paragraph (1), the court must be satisfied that—\n(a) the requesting party qualifies for fee remission or is otherwise in such poor financial circumstances that the cost of obtaining a transcript would be an excessive burden; and\n(b) it is necessary in the interests of justice for such a transcript to be obtained.\n(3) A request under paragraph (1) must be made on the approved form.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 52 substituted (3.10.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/788), rule 2, Sch. (with rule 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 52.14(1) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 20(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 52.14(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 20(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 52.14(3) inserted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 20(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/52.14",
    "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."
}