ABSTRACT
An application for a court order appointing a next friend may be made by any person who wishes to be a next friend or by any other party to the litigation. The application must be supported by affidavit evidence of the same matters required in a certificate of suitability, namely that the proposed next friend consents to act, can fairly and competently conduct proceedings on behalf of the minor, has no interest adverse to that of the minor and, where the minor is claimant, undertakes to pay any costs which the minor may be ordered to pay in the proceedings.
