{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-90",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2007/rule-90.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/90",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "90",
  "heading": "General rule – hearing to be in private",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that a hearing is to be held in private.\n(2) A private hearing is a hearing which only the following persons are entitled to attend—\n(a) the parties;\n(b) P (whether or not a party);\n(c) any person acting in the proceedings as a litigation friend;\n(d) any legal representative of a person specified in any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c); and\n(e) any court officer.\n(3) In relation to a private hearing, the court may make an order—\n(a) authorising any person, or class of persons, to attend the hearing or a part of it; or\n(b) excluding any person, or class of persons, from attending the hearing or a part of it.",
  "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/90",
    "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."
}