The parties shall be informed that they may be represented or assisted by a lawyer.
However, practitioners, whether they are plaintiffs, claimants or the subject of the proceedings, may be assisted either by a lawyer or by a colleague entered on the roll of the Association to which they belong, or by both. This colleague may not be a member of a Bar Council.
The National Council or the Departmental Council of the Bar may be represented by a full or alternate member of their Council, trade unions and associations by their legal representative or one of their members in possession of a mandate. The latter may not be a member of the Bar Council.
Parties who have chosen to be represented or assisted shall inform the court registry in writing.
When a party is represented by a lawyer, the procedural acts, with the exception of the summons to the hearing and the notification of the decision, are carried out only with regard to the lawyer.