District Court Practice Direction 13 of 2025 – Non-party requests to inspect or copy documents filed in civil proceedings

The Chief Judge has issued District Court Practice Direction 13 of 2025 (PDF, 132.7 KB), which facilitates the process for a person who is not a party to a proceeding (a non-party) to apply to the court for an order permitting inspection of documents filed in a civil proceeding.

Please also refer to the amended Principal Registrar Approval 1 of 2025 (PDF, 201.4 KB) about electronic filing of documents under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999. The amendment relates to Applications for order permitting inspection of particular documents filed in proceedings pursuant to r 975I.