Which items must an application for production of documents state, according to this provision?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the draft application for production of documents itself, checking each of the five listed items: the identification of the document, what the document says, the name of the person who holds it, the fact it is said to prove, and the cause of the duty to submit it.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading treats all five items as required contents of the application: it must state the identification of the document, what the document says, who holds it, the fact it will prove, and the cause of the duty to submit it, so an application that omits one of these does not state all the items the provision lists.
Another reading notes that the provision lists only what the application must state and says nothing further, so it leaves open how a document whose identification is given only in general terms should be read, what consequences follow when an item is missing, and what papers may be used to show the cause of the duty to submit.
Your judgment
When the identification of the document is given only in vague terms, what in the record could show which document the application has in mind?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to add a required item or a consequence for omission, or if a court decision explains how specific the identification of a document must be.