{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-rules-2024/rule-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-rules-2024/rule-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/949",
  "legislation_title": "The Supreme Court Rules 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-rules-2024",
  "path": "rule/11",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Procedural decisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the powers under the following rules may be exercised by a single Justice or the Registrar without an oral hearing—\n(a) rule 6 (time limits);\n(b) rule 10 (non-compliance with Rules);\n(c) rule 36 (change of interest);\n(d) rule 37 (withdrawal of appeal);\n(e) rule 38 (advocate to the Court and assessors);\n(f) rule 39 (security for costs);\n(g) rule 40 (stay of execution);\n(h) rule 42(4) (redaction of material from published documents); and\n(i) rule 44 (devolution jurisdiction and compatibility issues and questions).\n(2) Any contested application—\n(a) alleging contempt of the Court;\n(b) in respect of a direction made under rule 10 dismissing an appeal or debarring a respondent from resisting an appeal; or\n(c) for security for costs,\nshall be referred to a panel of Justices who shall, in a case of alleged contempt, and may, in any other case, hold an oral hearing.\n(3) Where under these Rules any matter falls to be decided by a single Justice, that Justice may, where it appears appropriate, direct an oral hearing or may refer the matter to a panel of Justices to be decided with or without an oral hearing.\n(4) Where under these Rules any matter falls to be decided by the Registrar, the Registrar may—\n(a) direct an oral hearing;\n(b) refer the matter to a single Justice (and paragraphs (1) and (3) shall then apply in relation to the Justice);\n(c) refer the matter to a panel of Justices to be decided with or without an oral hearing.\n(5) A party may apply for any decision of the Registrar under these Rules to be reviewed by a single Justice (in which case paragraphs (1) and (3) apply in relation to the Justice) and any application under this rule must be filed within 14 days of the Registrar’s decision.\n(6) Subject to rule 30, oral hearings on procedural matters must be heard in open court or in a place to which the public are admitted.\n(7) If any procedural question arises which is not dealt with by these Rules, the Court or the Registrar may adopt any procedure that is consistent with the overriding objective, the Act and these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/949/rule/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:31.909325+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."
}