Rule 62R Application containing information withheld from a respondent or other personF1

(1)

This rule applies where an application under rule 62O or 62P includes information which the applicant considers should be revealed only to the Court.

(2)

The affidavit supporting such application shall—

(a)

identify that information; and

(b)

explain why that information should not be served on the respondent or another person.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4), at a hearing of an application to which this rule applies, the Court shall consider, in the following sequence—

(a)

representations first by the applicant and then by the respondent and any other person, in the presence of them all; and then

(b)

further representations by the applicant in the others’ absence.

(4)

The Court may in its discretion direct other arrangements for the hearing of an application to which this rule applies.

Annotations

F1: Pt. 8B inserted (22.2.2021) by The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/16), rule 1(3), Sch.