Paragraph 23 Lodging material etc.

Any writings, documents, plans, photographs, books or excerpts from books which a party intends, at a hearing, to refer to, use or put in evidence must be lodged in process by the party (together with as many copies for use by the court as the Principal Clerk directs or as are agreed to by the Principal Clerk) at least 2 weeks before the date fixed for the hearing.

But if any such writings, documents, plans, photographs, books or excerpts are fragile, brittle or flimsy the party may intimate their location to the Principal Clerk and hold them available for inspection in lieu of their being lodged in process.

Where any other moveable thing which a party intends, at a hearing, to put in evidence, is a thing in the party’s possession or under the party’s control, the party must, at least 2 weeks before the date fixed for the hearing, either—

Where a party has made intimation in terms of paragraph (2) or paragraph 3(b) the court may make such arrangements and impose such conditions for inspection as it thinks fit. (3)

A party lodging material under paragraph (1) must lodge an inventory of productions listing the material lodged and intimate that inventory and, where reasonably practicable, copies of the material, to any other party.