Court of Protection Rules 2017 – December 2017
29th November 2017

The Court of Protection Rules 2017, which come into force on 1 December 2017, set out the practice and procedure to be followed in the Court of Protection.

The 2017 Rules revoke the Court of Protection Rules 2007 and amendments made to them by the Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules of 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017 replacing them with a consolidated an reordered set of rules following the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and Family Procedure Rules (FPR) model.

The 2017 rules will be supported by amendments to relevant practice directions and new and amended forms and guidance.

Further reading:-

Court of Protection Rules 2017, here.

Full explanatory memorandum, here.

Form COP DOL11 replaces form COPDOL10. 

• COP DOL11 - Application to authorise a deprivation of liberty (section 4A(3) and 16(2)(a) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005)

The new and amended forms are available for use from 1 December 2017