Rule 3 Duty to co-operate

Each party to a complaint, or to an appeal or review arising out of a complaint, must co-operate with a tribunal, court or person exercising a function under the CCM or these Rules in order to further the overriding objective.

A failure to co-operate by a party to a complaint, or to an appeal or review arising out of a complaint, may result in adverse inferences being drawn against that party at any stage.

And a failure to co-operate by an appellant or by an applicant for a review may, in particular, result in that party’s appeal or application being struck out.