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SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 (SR NO 103 OF 2015) - REG 41.13

Letter of request

    (1)     Where an order is made under Rule 41.01(1)(b) for the sending of a letter of request, the party obtaining the order (in this Order called the applicant ) shall when the letter of request has been signed—

        (a)     lodge with the Prothonotary

              (i)     the letter of request;

              (ii)     any interrogatories and cross-interrogatories to accompany the letter of request; and

              (iii)     a translation of each of the documents referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) in accordance with Rule 41.14, unless the Senior Master has given a general direction in relation to the country to whose judicial authorities the letter of request is to be sent that no translation need be provided or the official language or one of the official languages of that country is English;

        (b)     file—

              (i)     a copy of each of the documents referred to in paragraph (a); and

              (ii)     an undertaking in accordance with Rule 41.15;

        (c)     unless the Court otherwise orders, serve a copy of each of the documents referred to in paragraph (a) on all other parties.

    (2)     A letter of request shall be in Form 41D.



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