Rule 77.26 HearingsF1
Where the court considers it necessary to exclude the defendant from any hearing or part of that hearing to ensure that relevant material subject to a direction under rule 77.23(2) is not disclosed to them, the court must direct that the hearing, or that part of it from which the defendant is excluded, be conducted in private.
Unless the court directs otherwise, the court shall serve notice of the date, time and place fixed for a hearing on every party and, if one has been appointed for the purposes of the proceedings, the special advocate or those instructing the special advocate.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Pt. 77 Section 3 inserted (31.12.2025) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/1229), rules 1(1), 3(3)
Notes on Part 77
Textual amendments
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Pt. 77 inserted (6.4.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/3543), rule 1(b), Sch.
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Words in Pt. 77 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rules 1(2), 10(a)(i)
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Words in Pt. 77 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rules 1(2), 10(a)(ii)
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Words in Pt. 77 Table of Contents inserted (31.12.2025) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/1229), rules 1(1), 3(1)