RepresentativesU.K.
10.—(1) A party may be represented by any person not prohibited from representing by section 84 of the 1999 Act.
(2) Where a party is or has been represented by a person prohibited from representing by section 84 of the 1999 Act, that does not of itself render void the proceedings or any step taken in the proceedings.
(3) If a party appoints a representative, that party (or the representative if the representative is a qualified representative) must send or deliver to the Tribunal written notice of the representative's name and address, which may be done at a hearing.
(4) Anything permitted or required to be done by a party under these Rules, a practice direction or a direction may be done by the representative of that party, except signing a witness statement.
(5) A person who receives notice of the appointment of a representative—
(a)must provide to the representative any document which is required to be provided 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 as such until they receive written notification that this is not so from the representative or the represented party.
(6) As from the date on which a person has notified the Tribunal that they are acting as the representative of an appellant and has given an address for service, if any document is provided to the appellant a copy must also at the same time be provided to the appellant's representative.