{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-2/rule-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-2/rule-15.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/15",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Appointment of guardian ad litem",
  "text": "(1) Where any defendant is a person for whom a guardian ad litem may properly be appointed, the following provisions apply—\n(a) [ not later than 21 days after service of the civil bill except with the consent of the other parties or the leave of the court], a guardian ad litem may be appointed by the chief clerk on application made to him on behalf of that defendant, on affidavit in Form 6 together with a written consent of the proposed guardian to act;\n(b) where the appointment is so made, the order shall be in Form 7 and the chief clerk shall send notice to the plaintiff in Form 8;\n(c) where a guardian ad litem has not been appointed under sub-paragraph (a) or where the person appointed dies or otherwise becomes unable or unwilling to act, [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may appoint, a person to be guardian ad litem.\n(2) A guardian ad litem shall not be personally liable for any costs not occasioned by his own personal negligence or misconduct.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Word substituted by S.R. 1995 No. 151 with effect from 1.9.95"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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/15",
    "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."
}