Section 79.17

All proceedings to which Section 2 or 3 of this Part applies must be determined at a hearing except where— the claimant withdraws the claim or application; the appropriate Minister consents to the claim or application being allowed; the appellant withdraws the appeal against a decision of the appropriate Minister or the High Court; the respondent to the appeal consents to the appeal being allowed; or the parties agree to a determination without a hearing. Where the court considers it necessary for a party other than the appropriate Minister and that party’s legal representative to be excluded from a hearing or part of a hearing in order to secure that information is not disclosed contrary to the public interest, the court will— direct accordingly; and conduct the hearing, or that part of it from which the party and that party’s legal representative are excluded, in private but attended by a special advocate to represent the interests of the excluded party.

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