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

[F1 Part 80 E+W Proceedings under the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 80 inserted (15.12.2011) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2970), rule 1, Sch.

SECTION 4 E+W General Provisions

Hearings in private E+W

80.18.— (1) If the court considers it necessary for any relevant party and any relevant party’s legal representative to be excluded from a hearing or part of a hearing in order to secure that information is not disclosed contrary to the public interest, it must—

(a) direct accordingly; and

(b) conduct the hearing, or that part of it from which the relevant party and the relevant party’s legal representative are excluded, in private.

(2) The court may conduct a hearing or part of a hearing in private for any other good reason.]