{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-142",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-142.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1744",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007",
  "path": "rule/142",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "142",
  "heading": "Litigation friend without a court order",
  "text": "(1) This rule does not apply—\n(a) in relation to P;\n(b) where the court has appointed a person under rule 143 or 144; or\n(c) where the Official Solicitor is to act as litigation friend.\n(2) A deputy with the power to conduct legal proceedings in the name of the protected party or on the protected party’s behalf is entitled to be a litigation friend of the protected party in any proceedings to which his power relates.\n(3) If no one has been appointed by the court, or in the case of a protected party, there is no deputy with the power to conduct proceedings, a person who wishes to act as a litigation friend must—\n(a) file a certificate of suitability stating that he satisfies the conditions specified in rule 140(1); and\n(b) serve the certificate of suitability on—\n(i) the person on whom an application form is to be served in accordance with rule 32 (service on children and protected parties); and\n(ii) every other person who is a party to the proceedings.\n(4) If the person referred to in paragraph (2) wishes to act as a litigation friend for the protected party, he must file and serve a copy of the court order which appointed him on those persons mentioned in paragraph (3)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1744/rule/142",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:51:00.743935+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."
}