PART 5ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION
Legal representatives39.
(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)
(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.