Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
19Practitioner acting on behalf of a party
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19 Practitioner acting on behalf of a party
(1) A practitioner is taken to be acting on behalf of a party if the practitioner files and serves on all other parties a notice in writing of that fact.
(2) A practitioner acting on behalf of a party is to continue to act on behalf of that party until –
(a) the Court orders that the practitioner may cease to act; or
(b) the practitioner files a notice in writing that he or she has ceased to act on behalf of that party.
(3) A practitioner who files a notice under subrule (2)(b) is to notify the Court of –
(a) the last-known address of that party; and
(b) the last dealings that the practitioner had with that party.