399Notice to admit documents

### 399 Notice to admit documents > > (1)  At any time after discovery of documents and before the filing of a certificate of readiness or joint letter of readiness or the making of an order that the proceedings be set down for trial, whichever occurs first, a party to a proceeding may serve on any other party a notice requiring that other party to admit the authenticity of the documents specified in the notice. > > > (2)  A party seeking to challenge the authenticity of a document specified in the notice, within 14 days after service, is to serve on the party by whom the notice was given a notice stating that the authenticity of the document is not admitted and is required to be proved at the trial. > > > (3)  A party on whom the notice is served who fails to give a notice under [subrule (2)](#GS399@Gs2@EN) in relation to a document is taken to have admitted the authenticity of that document unless the Court or a judge otherwise orders.