Article 55 Curator ad litem

that the patient does not have the capacity to instruct a solicitor to represent the patient's interests in proceedings before the Tribunal;

an application or appeal has been initiated by virtue of a provision giving a listed initiator authority to act;

that where the Tribunal or a Convener has made a decision not to disclose a document or report or part of it to the patient under rule 47, and the patient does not have a representative to represent their interests; or

that the patient has been excluded from any hearing or part of it under rule 68 or 69 and the patient does not have a representative to represent their interests.