{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-2/rule-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-2/rule-12.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/3/chapter/2/rule/12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "[ Patients]",
  "text": "A [ patient for whom a controller has been appointed] may sue and defend by his [ controller] and [ a patient for whom a controller has not been appointed] may sue by his next friend and may defend by his guardian ad litem.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.R. 1988 No. 100 with effect from 1.5.88"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Word substituted by S.R. 1986 No. 218 with effect from 1.8.86"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/3/chapter/2/rule/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}