{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-2/rule-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-2/rule-14.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/14",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Where judge may appoint next friend",
  "text": "(1) Where proceedings in which a next friend is required are commenced without such next friend [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may—\n(a) on the application of any party or of his own motion appoint as next friend any person who consents to act and gives an undertaking in Form 5; or\n(b) order the proceedings to be struck out.\n(2) Where a next friend is appointed under paragraph (1), Order 4 Rule 2(2) shall apply.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/3/chapter/2/rule/14",
    "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."
}