Court of Protection Practice Directions

Practice Directions for the Court of Protection to be read in conjunction with the Court of Protection Rules 2007.

Amendments

• Additional Practice Directions:

• COP Practice Direction 10A: Deprivation of liberty applications

• Draft:

• COP Practice Direction: Preparation of Bundles — The draft Practice Direction has been amended and is now Practice Direction 13B: Court Bundles. It applies to all Court of Protection hearings from 1/5/12. See Court of Protection Practice Directions for others.

• Three Court of Protection Practice Directions were amended on 25/11/11 (external link below):

• Practice Direction 10AA (Deprivation of liberty applications) has been amended to reflect fact that the Court of Protection has moved. The DOLS Application Branch's new contact details are: Court of Protection, Royal Courts of Justice, Thomas More Building, Strand, London WC2A 2LL, DX 44450 Strand, tel 0300 456 4600. The PD also contains a new internet address for the relevant court forms.
• Practice Direction 14B (Depositions) has similarly been updated to reflect the new address.
• Practice Direction 19A (Costs in the Court of Protection) has been amended to replace 'Supreme Court Costs Office' with 'Senior Court Costs Office'.

• Practice Direction 3A (Authorised Court Officers) comes into force on 12/12/11 at the same time as Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2011

List of Practice Directions

These are available from the Judiciary website (link below).

• 3A - Authorised Court Officers - Comes into force on 12 December 2011
• 4A - Court documents
• 4B - Statements of truth
• 6A - Service
• 7A - Notifying P
• 8A - Permission
• 9A - The application form
• 9B - Notification of other persons that an application form has been issued
• 9C - Responding to an application
• 9D - Applications by currently appointed Deputies, Attorneys, and Donees in relation to P's property and affairs
• 9E - Applications relating to serious medical treatment
• 9F - Applications relating to statutory wills, codicils, settlements and other dealings with P's property
• 9G - Applications to appoint or discharge a trustee
• 9H - Applications relating to the registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney
• 10A - Applications within proceedings
• 10AA Deprivation of Liberty practice direction - November 2011(36.0kb)
• 10B - Urgent and interim applications
• 11A - Human rights
• 12A - Court's jurisdiction to be exercised by certain judges
• 12B - Procedure for disputing the Courts jurisdiction
• 13A - Hearings (including reporting restrictions)
• 14A - Written evidence
• 14B - Admissions, evidence and depositions practice direction - November 2011(33.9kb)
• 14C - Fee for examiners of the Court
• 14D - Witness summons
• 14E - Section 49 reports
• 15A - Expert evidence
• 17A - Litigation friend
• 18A - Change of solicitor
• 19A - Costs practice direction - November 2011(20.2kb)
• 19B - Costs in the Court of Protection (until 31 January 2011)
• 19B - Fixed costs in the Court of Protection (from 1 February 2011)
• 20A - Appeals
• 21A - Contempt of Court
• 22A - Transitional provisions
• 22B - Transitory provisions
• 22C - Appeals against decisions made under Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or under the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 which are brought on or after commencement
• 23A - Request for directions where notice of objection prevents the Public Guardian from registering an Enduring Power of Attorney
• 23B - Where P ceases to lack capacity or dies

External link

• Judiciary website: Court of Protection Practice Directions