{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-names-adjudicator-rules-2008/rule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-names-adjudicator-rules-2008/rule-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1738",
  "legislation_title": "The Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-names-adjudicator-rules-2008",
  "path": "rule/6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "General powers of adjudicator in relation to proceedings before him",
  "text": "(1) At any stage of proceedings before him, the adjudicator may direct that the parties to the proceedings attend a case management conference or pre-hearing review.\n(2) The adjudicator may give such directions as to the management of the proceedings as he thinks fit, and in particular he may—\n(a) direct a document to be filed or to be copied to a party to proceedings within a specified period;\n(b) allow for the electronic filing and sending of documents;\n(c) direct how documents filed or sent electronically are to be authenticated;\n(d) direct that a document shall not be available for public inspection;\n(e) require a translation of any document;\n(f) direct that a witness be cross-examined;\n(g) consolidate proceedings;\n(h) direct that proceedings are to be heard by more than one adjudicator;\n(i) direct that part of any proceedings be dealt with as separate proceedings; or\n(j) suspend or stay proceedings.\n(3) The adjudicator may control the evidence by giving directions as to—\n(a) the issues on which he requires evidence;\n(b) the nature of the evidence which he requires to decide those issues; and\n(c) the way in which the evidence is to be placed before him,\nand the adjudicator may use his power under this paragraph to exclude evidence which would otherwise be admissible.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1738/rule/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:28:49.406606+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."
}