Article 3 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

in rule 2.3(1), for the definition of “legal representative” substitute—

““legal representative” means a—

(a)

barrister;

(b)

solicitor;

(c)

solicitor’s employee;

(d)

manager of a body recognised under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985^f1; or

(e)

person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007^f2, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act),

who has been instructed to act for a party in relation to proceedings;”; and

in rule 2.8(5), for “When the period specified—” substitute “Subject to the provisions of Practice Direction 5C, when the period specified—”