{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-17/chapter-1/rule-17.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-17/chapter-1/rule-17.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017",
  "path": "part/17/chapter/1/rule/17.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "17.2",
  "heading": "Requirement for a litigation friend",
  "text": "(1) This rule does not apply to P (whether P is an adult or a child).\n(2) A protected party (if a party to the proceedings) must have a litigation friend.\n(3) A child (if a party to the proceedings) must have a litigation friend to conduct those proceedings on that child's behalf unless the court makes an order under paragraph (4).\n(4) The court may make an order permitting a child to conduct proceedings without a litigation friend.\n(5) An application for an order under paragraph (4)—\n(a) may be made by the child;\n(b) if the child already has a litigation friend, must be made on notice to the litigation friend; and\n(c) if the child has no litigation friend, may be made without notice.\n(6) Where—\n(a) the court has made an order under paragraph (4); and\n(b) it subsequently appears to the court that it is desirable for a litigation friend to conduct the proceedings on behalf of the child,\nthe court may appoint a person to be the child's litigation friend.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1035/part/17/chapter/1/rule/17.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:10.291890+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."
}