Filing

220. Every document required by these Rules to be filed shall be filed by the Registrar writing at the foot thereof the word ‘filed” together with the date of the day on which the same is handed to him to be filed and adding thereto his signature.

221. In every action the writ of summons and every document required by these Rules to be filed together with the notes of the Judge or of the Presiding Judge of the Court on the hearing of the action or of any application or proceeding in the action shall be fastened up together and shall form the file of proceedings.

For the purposes of this Rule, the notes of the Judge or Presiding Judge of the Court shall be taken on loose paper.

222. No person shall be entitled as of right to inspect or take copies of any part of the file of proceedings (except the statement of the facts in dispute prepared by the Court or Judge, any preliminary act, and the report of any referee or referees), but the Court or Judge may authorize any person to inspect or take copies of any part of the file of proceedings or may authorize the Registrar to make and issue office copies thereof.