995. Necessity for litigation friend.

A protected party¹ must have a litigation friend² to conduct proceedings on his behalf³.

A person may not, without the permission of the court, make an application against a protected person before proceedings have started or take any step in proceedings (except issuing and serving a claim form or applying for the appointment of a litigation friend⁴) until the protected party has a litigation friend⁵. If during proceedings a party lacks capacity to continue to conduct proceedings, no party may take any further step in the proceedings without the permission of the court until the protected party has a litigation