# The Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008, Rule 8: Public proceedings


(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), any hearing before the adjudicator of proceedings relating to an application under section 69(2) shall be held in public.
(2) Any party to the proceedings may apply to the adjudicator for the hearing to be held in private.
(3) The adjudicator shall only grant an application under paragraph (2) where—
(a) it is in the interests of justice for the hearing to be in held in private; and
(b) all the parties to the proceedings have had an opportunity to be heard on the matter,
and where the application is granted the hearing shall be held in private.
(4) Any hearing of an application under paragraph (2) shall be held in private.
(5) In this rule a reference to a hearing includes any part of a hearing.
(6) Nothing in this rule shall prevent a member of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council or of its Scottish Committee from attending a hearing.
(7) All documents connected to proceedings shall be available for public inspection unless the adjudicator directs otherwise.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1738/rule/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/company-names-adjudicator-rules-2008/rule-8
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