Magistrates' Court General Civil Procedure Rules 2020

Subject to this Rule, when the office of the Court is open, any person, on payment of the proper fee, may inspect and obtain a copy of any document filed in a proceeding.

A person not a party may not inspect or obtain a copy of the following documents without leave of the Court—

affidavits;

exhibits to affidavits;

witness statements;

expert reports, including those filed pursuant to Order 33 or Order 44 of these Rules;

written submissions, outlines of argument and chronologies.

Paragraph (2) does not apply to a document that has been—

read or relied on in open court; or

relied on in an application determined without a hearing.

No person may inspect or obtain a copy of a document which the Court has ordered remain confidential.

A person not a party may not, without leave of the Court, inspect or obtain a copy of a document which in the opinion of the Registrar ought to remain confidential to the parties.