Civil Litigation · glossary

Initial Disclosure

A list and copies of the key documents a party relies on, served with its first statement of case. Nobody searches for documents at this stage. Ravensett served its Initial Disclosure with the Particulars. Chapter 4 · see Model D

Explained in Chapter 4, Drafting the Particulars of Claim, of Civil Litigation.

How it comes up, in Chapter 4
Practice Direction 57AD also requires Initial Disclosure with the Particulars. It means a list of the key documents Ravensett relies on and of those Corledge needs to understand the claim, with copies. Nobody searches for documents yet, because the wider search comes later (Chapter 7).
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