Rule 290 – Powers of the Court as regards representatives

1. As regards representatives who appear before it, the Court shall have the powers normally accorded to courts of law, under the conditions laid down in Rule 291.

2. Representatives who appear before the Court shall strictly comply with any code of conduct adopted for such representatives by the Administrative Committee.

Case Law:

IPPT20240626, UPC CFI, CD Paris, Suinno v Microsoft
Unfounded objection that representative is not an independent counsellor (Rule 290(2) RoP). The mere fact that […] also carries out active administrative tasks on behalf of the represented party and that he may be directly interested in the outcome of the case is not decisive in order to consider that the representative is not independent for the purposes of interest here. Possible violation of the obligation of independence can only be asserted by the represented party, not by the counterparty.