{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-138",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-138.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1744",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007",
  "path": "rule/138",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Claim to withhold inspection or disclosure of document",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) that he has such a right or duty; and\n(b) the grounds on which he claims that right or duty.\n(2) The statement must be made in the list in which the document is disclosed (see rule 134(2)).\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1744/rule/138",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:51:00.743935+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."
}