# The Court of Protection Rules 2007, Rule 17: Supply of documents to a non-party from court records


(1) Subject to rules 20 and 92(2), a person who is not a party to proceedings may inspect or obtain from the court records a copy of any judgment or order given or made in public.
(2) The court may, on an application made to it, authorise a person who is not a party to proceedings to—
(a) inspect any other documents in the court records; or
(b) obtain a copy of any such documents, or extracts from such documents.
(3) A person making an application for an authorisation under paragraph (2) must do so in accordance with Part 10.
(4) Before giving an authorisation under paragraph (2), the court will consider whether any document is to be provided on an edited basis.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1744/rule/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-17
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