PART 17LITIGATION FRIENDS AND RULE 1.2 REPRESENTATIVES

SECTION 1 – LITIGATION FRIENDS

Appointment of litigation friend by court order – supplementary17

The applicant must serve a copy of an application for an order under rule 17.4 or 17.5 onβ€”

a

the person on whom an application form is to be served in accordance with rule 6.4 (service on children and protected parties);

b

every other person who is a party to the proceedings;

c

any person who is the litigation friend, or who is purporting to act as the litigation friend, when the application is made; and

d

unless that person is the applicant, the person who it is proposed should be the litigation friend,

as soon as practicable and in any event within 14 days of the date on which the application was issued.