PART 29MEASURES TO ASSIST A WITNESS OR DEFENDANT TO GIVE EVIDENCE
SECTION 3: SPECIAL MEASURES DIRECTIONS
Exercise of court’s powers29.8
The court may decide whether to give, vary or discharge a special measures direction—
a
at a hearing, in public or in private, or without a hearing;
b
in a party’s absence, if that party—
i
applied for the direction, variation or discharge, or
ii
has had at least 14 days in which to make representations.