Rule 27.6 Addition of partiesI1
England
(1)
A person who was not a party to the proceedings in the lower court may become a party to an appeal if the appeal court gives permission.
(2)
The appeal court may only exercise its power if the person seeking to become a party could have been a party to the proceedings in the consistory court.
(3)
An application for permission under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by a notice setting out—
(a)
the basis on which it is said the person making the application could have been a party to the proceedings in the consistory court; and
(b)
the matters which that person proposes to argue in the appeal.
Annotations
Commencement
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Rule 27.6 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 28.1(2)