{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-4-1971/article-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-4-1971/article-45.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1971/1269",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 4) 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-4-1971",
  "path": "article/45",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Order 15, rule 6, shall be amended as follows:—\n(1) For paragraph (2)(b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—\n“(b) order any of the following persons to be added as a party, namely—\n(i) any person who ought to have been joined as a party or whose presence before the Court is necessary to ensure that all matters in dispute in the cause or matter may be effectually and completely determined and adjudicated upon, or\n(ii) any person between whom and any party to the cause or matter there may exist a question or issue arising out of or relating to or connected with any relief or remedy claimed in the cause or matter which in the opinion of the Court it would be just and convenient to determine as between him and that party as well as between the parties to the cause or matter.”\n(2) In paragraph (3) for the word “defendant” there shall be substituted the word “party” and at the end there shall be added the following words:—\n“or, as the case may be, the question or issue to be determined as between him and any party to the cause or matter.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/1269/article/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:42:03.117618+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."
}