Section 21.2

A protected party must have a litigation friend to conduct proceedings on their behalf. Unless the court makes an order under paragraph (3), a litigation friend must conduct proceedings on a child’s behalf. The court may make an order permitting a child to conduct proceedings without a litigation friend. An application for an order under paragraph (3)— may be made by the child; if the child already has a litigation friend, must be made on notice to the litigation friend; and if the child has no litigation friend, may be made without notice. Where— the court may appoint a person to be the child’s litigation friend. the court has made an order under paragraph (3); and it later appears to the court desirable for a litigation friend to conduct the proceedings on the child’s behalf, Where one of the parties is a child or protected party, that party shall be referred to in the title to the proceedings as “[name] (a [child] [protected party]) by [name] as litigation friend”. Where one of the parties is a child conducting the proceedings on their own behalf, the child shall be referred to in the title as “[name] (a child)”.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15