# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 79.17: Hearings


(1) All proceedings to which Section 2 or 3 of this Part applies must be determined at a hearing except where—
(a) the claimant withdraws the claim or application;
(b) the appropriate Minister consents to the claim or application being allowed;
(c) the appellant withdraws the appeal against a decision of the appropriate Minister or the High Court;
(d) the respondent to the appeal consents to the appeal being allowed; or
(e) the parties agree to a determination without a hearing.
(2) Where the court considers it necessary for a party other than the appropriate Minister and that party’s 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, the court will—
(a) direct accordingly; and
(b) conduct the hearing, or that part of it from which the party and that party’s legal representative are excluded, in private but attended by a special advocate to represent the interests of the excluded party.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/79.17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-79.17
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