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Rule 138 Claim to withhold inspection or disclosure of document

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

A party who wishes to claim that he has a right or duty to withhold inspection of a document, or part of a document, must state in writing—

(a)

that he has such a right or duty; and

(b)

the grounds on which he claims that right or duty.

(2)

The statement must be made in the list in which the document is disclosed (see rule 134(2)).

(3)

A party may, by filing an application notice in accordance with Part 10, apply to the court to decide whether the claim made under paragraph (1) should be upheld.