President’s Guidance: McKenzie Friends: FD 14 Apr 2008

‘A court may grant an unqualified person a right of audience in exceptional circumstances and after careful consideration. If the litigant in person wishes the MF to be granted a right of audience or the right to conduct the litigation, an application must be made at the start of the hearing.’

Judges:

Sir Mark Potter P

Citations:

[2008] 2 FLR 110

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedIn Re N (A Child) FD 20-Aug-2008
There had been several hearings and the father had been assisted by a McKenzie friend permitted to address the court. The father now objected to the mother’s McKenzie friend being given similar leave.
Held: Whilst Dr Pelling might make a . .
See AlsoPractice Guidance: McKenzie Friends (Civil and Family Courts) 2010
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Family, Litigation Practice

Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.276257