Rule 6ND Hearings

Subject to paragraph (2), the court may—

Where a party to the appeal notifies the chief clerk of his opposition to an application under Rule 6NA, 6NB or, as the case may be, 6NC, the court shall direct a hearing of that application.

Where a hearing of an application is to take place in accordance with this Rule, the chief clerk shall notify each party to the appeal of the time and place of the hearing.

A party notified in accordance with paragraph (3) may be present at the hearing and be heard.

Before determining an application, the court may hear and take into account representations made to it by any person who in the court’s opinion has a legitimate interest in the application before it.

The chief clerk shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the determination of an application under Rule 6NA, 6NB or 6NC, notify all the parties to the appeal of the decision of the court in Form 137M.