{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-77.29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-77.29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/77.29",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "77.29",
  "heading": "Consideration of the claimant’s objection under rule 77.28(7)(b)",
  "text": "(1) If the claimant objects to a proposed communication under rule 77.28(7)(b)—\n(a) the special advocate may file and serve on the claimant a reply to the objection;\n(b) the claimant and the special advocate must file with the court a schedule identifying the issues which cannot be agreed between them and which must—\n(i) give brief reasons for their contentions on each issue in dispute; and\n(ii) set out any proposals for the court to resolve the issues in dispute.\n(2) On receipt of the claimant’s objection, the special advocate may give notice that they do not challenge it.\n(3) The court may—\n(a) consider the claimant’s objection without a hearing; or\n(b) if the court considers that it is necessary before it can determine the matter, direct a hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/77.29",
    "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."
}