Practical Law UK Glossary 4-201-8299 (Approx. 5 pages)
Glossary
Redact
To revise or edit. Often used to describe the process of blanking out sensitive information in a document before disclosure. For example, as part of the disclosure process in the course of litigation, or before a commercial transaction, a party may redact irrelevant commercially sensitive or confidential material and privileged material that should not be disclosed to the other party.
For proceedings subject to PD 57AD ("Disclosure in the Business and Property Courts"), specific requirements regarding redaction of documents are set out at PD 57AD.16.
PD 57AD took effect on 1 October 2022, replacing what was PD 51U, and implementing, on a permanent basis, the procedures that applied, from 1 January 2019 until 1 October 2022, under the Disclosure Pilot Scheme.