Rule 76.22 Hearings in privateF1
England and Wales
(1)
If the court considers it necessary for any relevant party and his 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 his 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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Pt. 76 inserted (14.3.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/656), rule 1, Sch.