# The Court of Protection Rules 2017, Rule 16.5: Right to inspect documents


(1) A party to whom a document has been disclosed has a right to inspect any document disclosed to that party except where—
(a) the document is no longer in the control of the party who disclosed it; or
(b) the party disclosing the document has a right or duty to withhold inspection of it.
(2) The right to inspect disclosed documents extends to any document mentioned in—
(a) a document filed or served in the course of the proceedings by any other party; or
(b) correspondence sent by any other party.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1035/part/16/rule/16.5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-16/rule-16.5
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