{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-88.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-88.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/88.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "88.2",
  "heading": "Modification to the overriding objective",
  "text": "(1) Where any of the rules in this Part applies, the overriding objective in Part 1, and so far as possible any other rule, must be read and given effect in a way which is compatible with the duty set out in paragraph (2).\n(2) The court must ensure that information is not disclosed contrary to the public interest.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the court must satisfy itself that the material available to it enables it properly to determine proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 88 inserted (27.2.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/406), rule 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 88.2(2) substituted (17.4.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/877), rules 2, 9(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/88.2",
    "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."
}