The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

[F1 PART 21 E+W CHILDREN AND PROTECTED PARTIES

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 21 substituted (1.10.2007) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/2204), rule 1, Sch. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 21 applied (1.11.2009) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2477), rules 2, 97

Court’s power to change a litigation friend and to prevent person acting as a litigation friend E+W

21.7.— (1) The court may—

(a) direct that a person may not act as a litigation friend;

(b) terminate a litigation friend’s appointment; or

(c) appoint a new litigation friend [F2 instead of] an existing one.

(2) An application for an order under paragraph (1) must be supported by evidence.

(3) The court may not appoint a litigation friend under this rule unless it is satisfied that the person to be appointed satisfies the conditions in rule 21.4(3).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in rule 21.7(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 14(8)