PART 4ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION
Legal representatives
26.—(1) A party to proceedings may appoint a legal representative to act for him in relation to the proceedings.
(2) A person may not be appointed as a legal representative unless—
(a)he has a general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990();
(b)he is an advocate or a solicitor in Scotland;
(c)he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland; or
(d)he is a person having in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a Commonwealth country or a British overseas territory rights and duties similar to those of a barrister or solicitor in England and Wales, and subject to punishment or disability for breach of professional rules.
(3) Any right conferred on a party to proceedings by these Rules may be exercised, and any duty imposed on him by these Rules (except pleading to a charge) discharged, by his legal representative on his behalf.
(4) A party who appoints a legal representative shall notify the court administration officer of the legal representative’s name and address.
Parent or guardian of young civilian
27.—(1) This rule applies where a person to whom proceedings relate (“the young person”) is under the age of 18 years at the commencement of the proceedings.
(2) Where a party to the proceedings or the court administration officer is required to serve any document on the young person under these Rules, he must also serve it on the young person’s parent or guardian.
(3) Where the young person has not appointed a legal representative—
(a)any right conferred on a party to proceedings by these Rules may be exercised, and any duty imposed on him by these Rules (except pleading to a charge) discharged, by his parent or guardian on his behalf; and
(b)the court may give leave for his parent or guardian to represent him in any proceedings.