Appeals to Court of Appeal—parties to appeal
5404 Appeals to Court of Appeal—parties to appeal
Each party to the proceeding in which the order appealed from was made (the original proceeding) must be joined as an appellant or respondent to the appeal if the party is directly affected by the order sought by the notice of appeal or is interested in maintaining the order appealed from.
The Court of Appeal may order that—
a person (whether or not a party to the original proceeding) be included or removed as a party to the appeal; or
a person directly affected by the appeal be included or substituted as a party.
Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for an order under this rule.
However, a person may be made an appellant only with the person’s consent.
If the Court of Appeal orders the inclusion or substitution of someone as a party to the appeal, it may adjourn the hearing of the appeal and make any order it considers appropriate about the conduct of the appeal.
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