# The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, Rule 1.58: Confidentiality of documents: grounds for refusing inspection


(1) Where an office-holder considers that a document forming part of the records of the insolvency proceedings—
(a) should be treated as confidential; or
(b) 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.
(2) The persons to whom the office-holder may refuse inspection include members of a liquidation committee or a creditors' committee.
(3) 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.
(4) The court's decision may be subject to such conditions (if any) as it thinks just.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/1.58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-1.58
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