# The Court of Protection Rules 2007, Rule 133: General or specific disclosure


(1) The court may either on its own initiative or on the application of a party make an order to give general or specific disclosure.
(2) General disclosure requires a party to disclose—
(a) the documents on which he relies; and
(b) the documents which—
(i) adversely affect his own case;
(ii) adversely affect another party’s case; or
(iii) support another party’s case.
(3) An order for specific disclosure is an order that a party must do one or more of the following things—
(a) disclose documents or classes of documents specified in the order;
(b) carry out a search to the extent stated in the order; or
(c) disclose any document located as a result of that search.
(4) A party’s duty to disclose documents is limited to documents which are or have been in his control.
(5) For the purpose of paragraph (4) a party has or has had a document in his control if—
(a) it is or was in his physical possession;
(b) he has or has had possession of it; or
(c) he has or has had a right to inspect or take copies of it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1744/rule/133 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-133
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