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:
- 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
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