# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 88.21: Hearings in private


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/88.21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-88.21
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