PART 6Special Case Work

Multi-party actions57

1

An application for a determination in relation to a multi-party action must name a lead provider.

2

Applications from different individuals in the same multi-party action may be treated as a single application.

3

The Director must specify in a determination in relation to a multi-party action—

a

the identity of the lead provider;

b

whether the civil legal services to be made available are limited to an issue which is common to all parties or a particular group of parties (a “generic issue”); and

c

if the civil legal services do relate to a generic issue, whether the services include or are limited to—

i

the selection, preparation and trial of lead issues and lead cases;

ii

the co-ordination of the action; and

iii

any other civil legal services which the Director considers necessary for the action to be progressed as a multi-party action.

4

The Director may send any notices in relation to a multi-party action to the lead provider who must communicate the information in those notices to the parties for whom that provider is the lead provider.

5

The Director may waive any of the requirements of regulations 37 and 49 in relation to a multi-party action.

6

A certificate recording a determination in relation to a multi-party action must be amended to record a change in the identity of the lead provider.