http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1209/rule/26/madeThe Armed Forces (Service Civilian Court) Rules 2009Armed forcesEmailDefence equipment and suppliesenKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2024-08-14DEFENCEThe Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) (“the Act”) creates a standing Service Civilian Court. These Rules provide for the practice and procedure to be followed at the Service Civilian Court, administrative matters of the court and also make provision with regard to evidential matters such as special measures directions and hearsay evidence.PART 4ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATIONLegal representatives26.(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

1990 c. 41. Subsection (6) of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 was substituted by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), section 43, Schedule 6, paragraphs 4 and 9. Subsections (7) and (8) of section 71 of the 1990 Act were repealed by section 106, Schedule 15, Part 2 of the 1999 Act. Prospective amendments to section 71 of the 1990 Act are made to subsections (1) and (3) by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 59(5), Schedule 11, Part 2, paragraph 4(1), (3). Prospective amendments are made to subsections (4) and (6) and a new subsection (6A) is inserted into section 71 of the 1990 Act by the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), section 208(1), Schedule 21, paragraphs 83 and 94(a), (b) and (c).

;

(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.

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