Article 14 Representatives

(1)

A party may appoint a representative (whether legally qualified or not) to represent that party in the proceedings.

(2)

If a party appoints a representative, that party must send or deliver to the Tribunal and to each other party written notice of the representative's name and address.

(3)

Anything permitted or required to be done by or provided to a party under these Rules, a practice direction or a direction may be done by or provided to the representative of that party except—

(a)

signing a witness statement; or

(b)

sending or delivering a notice under paragraph (2), if the representative is not a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise of a right of audience or the conduct of litigation within the meaning of that Act.

(4)

A person who receives due notice of the appointment of a representative—

(a)

must thereafter provide to the representative any document which is required to be sent to the represented party, and need not provide that document to the represented party; and

(b)

may assume that the representative is and remains authorised until receiving written notification to the contrary and an alternative address for communications from the representative or the represented party.

(5)

At a hearing a party may be accompanied by another person whose name and address has not been notified under paragraph (2) but who, with the permission of the Tribunal, may act as a representative or otherwise assist in presenting the party's case at the hearing.

(6)

Paragraphs (2) to (4) do not apply to a person who accompanies a party under paragraph (5).