{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-144.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/144",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Court’s power to prevent a person from acting as litigation friend or to order change",
  "text": "(1) The court may either on its own initiative or on the application of any person—\n(a) direct that a person may not act as a litigation friend;\n(b) terminate a litigation friend’s appointment; or\n(c) appoint a new litigation friend in place of an existing one.\n(2) An application for an order under paragraph (1) must be supported by evidence.\n(3) The court may not appoint a litigation friend under this rule unless it is satisfied that the person to be appointed satisfies the conditions specified in rule 140(1).",
  "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/144",
    "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."
}