A person with an indirect interest in the outcome of proceedings concerning the retrospective issue of a practising certificate may be joined as an interested party under r 21 of the UCRs where their participation is apt to assist the Court, even though their interest is not direct. The Court may impose conditions limiting the nature and extent of participation. The impact on third-party litigants' procedural or substantive rights may be a relevant consideration in deciding whether to issue a retrospective practising certificate under s 17(3) of the Legal Practitioners Act 1981 (SA), though this question remains open.
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