Practice Directions

1.     Where it is felt by a court to be desirable or necessary that an infant shall be separately represented in any proceedings, the Director of Legal Aid, in the exercise of his powers as Official Solicitor, shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be appointed as guardian ad litem where no other person is available for appointment.

2.     In appeals to the Lands Tribunal under the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap.7) the Commissioner of Rating and Valuation shall not be named as a party without leave of the Tribunal.

3.    This Practice Direction consolidates and supersedes the Practice Directions now appearing at pages 19.1 and 19.2.

4.　This Practice Direction shall take effect on 1 February 1999.