# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 40.9: Right to attend hearing

Extent: E+W

(1) A party who is in custody has a right to attend a hearing in public of an appeal against an order restricting the reporting of a trial.
(2) The court or the Registrar may direct that such a party is to attend a hearing by live link.
[Note. See rule 36.6 (Hearings). The court may decide an application and an appeal without a hearing where the appellant wants to appeal against an order restricting public access to a trial: rule 36.6(3).]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/40.9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-40.9/enacted
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