Rule 8 Production of documents etc.

The Solicitor shall at a reasonable time before the hearing send the respondent a list of the names of the persons he proposes to call to give evidence and of any documents he proposes to adduce in evidence; and he shall on the request of the respondent send him a copy of any statement of evidence made by such a person and of any such document, and of any other statutory declaration, affidavit, explanation or other statement sent to the Council by the person making the allegation or made by any person to be called by the Solicitor to give evidence and of any communication between the Solicitor and the person making the allegation or such a witness.

The respondent shall at a reasonable time before the hearing send the Solicitor a list of the names of the persons he proposes to call to give evidence and of any documents he proposes to adduce in evidence; and he shall on the request of the Solicitor send him a copy of any statement of evidence made by such a person and of any such document.

The respondent and the Solicitor may at any time give the other notice to produce any document relevant to the allegation in question and which is alleged to be in the possession of that other; and on receipt of such a notice the respondent or Solicitor shall use reasonable endeavours to produce the document.

If a party fails to produce any document in accordance with paragraph (3), the Committee may (notwithstanding that the hearing has not begun) require it to be produced to the Registrar so that it may be made available to the party giving notice under that paragraph.

The Solicitor and the respondent shall, as soon as practicable after supplying the other with the list referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), send to the Registrar three copies of the list and of any statement of evidence made by any person listed in it and of any other documents referred to in it; and the Registrar shall secure that the legal assessor and members of the Committee are provided with a copy of the same.

Nothing in paragraphs (1) and (3) shall require the Solicitor to release a document or other material in the nature of advice between him and the Council, and no party shall be required to give any evidence or produce any document or other material under these Rules which he could not be compelled to give or produce in civil proceedings in any court in that part of the United Kingdom in which the hearing takes place.