Rule 88.21 Hearings in privateF1

(1)

If the court considers it necessary for any party and that party’s legal representative to be excluded from any 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 that 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.

(2)

The court may conduct a hearing or part of a hearing in private for any other good reason.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 88 inserted (27.2.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/406), rule 1, Sch.