{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-5.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015/rule-5.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1568",
  "legislation_title": "The Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/faculty-jurisdiction-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/5.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5.1",
  "heading": "Parties to proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The parties to faculty proceedings are—\n(a) the petitioner (or petitioners);\n(b) any party opponent; and\n(c) any person added as a party by the court by way of special citation.\n(2) Rule 5.2 explains how to start faculty proceedings.\n(3) Rules 9.5 and 10.4 make provision for a person to become a party opponent.\n(4) Rule 19.4 makes provision for the addition of a person as a party by way of special citation where the court is considering making an order for costs against that person under section 69 of the Measure; a person may be added as a party by way of special citation in any other circumstances where doing so would further the overriding objective.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 5.1(4) inserted (1.4.2020) by The Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1184), rules 1(2), 7(a) (with rule 23(3)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5.1 in force at 1.1.2016, see rule 28.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1568/rule/5.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:22.575744+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."
}