Rule 1.58 Confidentiality of documents: grounds for refusing inspectionC1
Where an office-holder considers that a document forming part of the records of the insolvency proceedings—
should be treated as confidential; or
is of such a nature that its disclosure would be prejudicial to the conduct of the proceedings or might reasonably be expected to lead to violence against any person;
the office-holder may decline to allow it to be inspected by a person who would otherwise be entitled to inspect it.
The persons to whom the office-holder may refuse inspection include members of a liquidation committee or a creditors' committee.
Where the office-holder refuses inspection of a document, the person wishing to inspect it may apply to the court which may reconsider the office-holder's decision.
The court's decision may be subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks just.
Annotations
Modifications
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Rules 1.18-1.58 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5, 12-33, Sch. (with rule 2(2))