Section 39.2(1)
The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 · United Kingdom
The general rule is that a hearing is to be in public. A hearing may not be held in private, irrespective of the parties’ consent, unless and to the extent that the court decides that it must be held in private, applying the provisions of paragraph (3).
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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15