The Court of Protection Rules 2017

The duty of legal representatives E+W

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

1.5.—(1) Legal representatives of parties are required to help the court to further the overriding objective.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a legal representative of a party must—

(a)comply with any applicable rules, practice directions or orders of the court;

(b)follow (where appropriate) the applicable case pathway; and

(c)address whether the case can be swiftly resolved.