{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-23.11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-23.11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/23.11",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "23.11",
  "heading": "Power of the court to proceed in the absence of a party",
  "text": "(1) Where the applicant or any respondent fails to attend the hearing of an application, the court may proceed in their absence.\n(2) Where—\n(a) the applicant or any respondent fails to attend the hearing of an application; and\n(b) the court makes an order at the hearing,\nthe court may, on application or of its own initiative, re-list the application.\n(Part 40 deals with service of orders)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 23.11(1) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 23.11 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/23.11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}