--(1) A minor or patient must have a next friend to conduct proceedings on his behalf.
--(2) However the court may, on the application of a minor, make an order permitting the minor to conduct proceedings without a next friend.
--(3) An application for an order under paragraph (2) may be made without notice.
--(4) Where-
----(a) the court has made an order under paragraph (2) ; and
----(b) it subsequently appears to the court that it is desirable for a next friend to conduct the proceedings on behalf of the minor,
--the court may appoint a person to be the minor's next friend.
--(5) A next friend must act by an attorney-at-law .
Notes
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