The couple's spokesman Clarence Mitchell said the legal team had been notified by the authorities in Portugal that they could start studying the documents.
More than 20,000 pages make up the files compiled by police in Portimao since Madeleine vanished during a holiday in the Algarve last May.
Mr
Mitchell said: This is an important
step forward in the search for
Madeleine.'
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Despair: Kate and Gerry
McCann said they had
been devastated when
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The files were released to the McCanns' lawyers after they were finally cleared earlier this month of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance.
The legal team started the process
to get their hands on the documents
as soon as the couple were cleared.
The McCanns are said to be using
international investigators
including Spanish-based agency
Metodo 3 and British-based private
detectives.
They had been 'arguidos' or formal suspects for 10 months but Portugal's Attorney General admitted last week that there was no evidence of any criminal activity.
A third suspect, British ex-pat Robert Murat, was also cleared.
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Still missing: Madeleine
vanished last May during
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