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SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 - REG 15.02

Litigation guardian of person under disability

    (1)     Except where otherwise provided by or under any Act, a person under disability shall commence or defend a proceeding by the person's litigation guardian.

    (2)     Except where otherwise provided by these Rules, anything in a proceeding that is required or permitted by the Rules to be done by a party shall or may, if the party is a person under disability, be done by the person's litigation guardian.

    (3)     A litigation guardian of a person under disability shall act by a solicitor.

Rule 15.02(4) inserted by S.R. No. 139/2016 rule 4.

    (4)     Unless for special reason the Court otherwise orders, the litigation guardian of a person under disability is not personally liable for costs awarded against the person.



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