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Inspecting Court file - judicial permission

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s59
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22 Mar 16 #475818 by s59

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Hi All,

Following the wikivorce guide to bundles advice to inspect your Court bundle ("not doing so would be legal suicide"!) here: www.wikivorce.com/divorce/Child-Proceedi.../12-Your-Bundle.html

I also took advice from Pink Tape''s legal blog here: www.pinktape.co.uk/courts/right-of-access-to-court-file/

I wrote to court asking permission to do so. They responded saying I need judicial permission. I responded quoting FPR 29.12 (3) but they said this rule is for viewing individual documents not the whole file so I would have to wait for a judge to decide whether I can look at the file or not!

Let''s hope I get permission...

s59
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31 Mar 16 #476222 by s59

Reply from s59

Just by way of an update on this... I have had a response from a judge which says that court needs to know exactly which documents I want to inspect before they will grant permission, and they will consider any request I make after the final hearing! Isn''t the whole point to check the file to see if you''re missing something that is of importance?

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