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Court of Protection deadline calculator

The Court of Protection Rules 2017 have their own computation of time and their own appeal window under rule 20.5, which is 21 days and not the 28 days some practitioners carry over from the family jurisdiction.

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Deadlines this calculator covers

37 encoded deadlines, each cited to its rule.

Deemed day of serviceCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 6.7(1)-(2)

2 days from Service of any document in accordance with the Rules or a relevant practice direction

Serve the application form on named respondentsCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 9.6(1)

14 days from Date on which the court issued the application form (rule 9.2(2): the date entered on the application form by the court)

Serve donor, donees and attorneys in LPA and EPA applicationsCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rules 9.7(1) and (3) (lasting powers of attorney) and 9.8(1) and (3) (enduring powers of attorney)

14 days from Date on which the application form was issued, where the application concerns the court's powers under MCA 2005 sections 22 or 23, or under paragraphs 2(9), 4(5)(a) and (b), 7(2), 10(c), 13, or 16(2), (3), (4) and (6) of Schedule 4

Notify the persons specified in Practice Direction 9B that an application has been issuedCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 9.10(1)

14 days from Date on which the application form was issued

Notify P that an application form has been issued or withdrawn, or of a decisionCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 7.8(3)(a), (b) and (d), read with rules 7.4, 7.6 and 9.9

14 days from Date the application form or appellant's notice was issued or withdrawn; or the date the decision was made; or the date the rule 7.6(4) order was served on the person required to effect notification

Notify P of a disposal hearing date - backstop 14 days before the hearingCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 7.8(3)(c), read with rules 7.4(1)(c) and 7.5(1)(c)

14 days before Date specified in the notice of hearing, for a hearing to dispose of the application or the appellant's notice

File certificates of service and of notificationCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rules 9.6(2), 9.7(4), 9.8(4), 9.10(3), 7.10(1), 10.4(3) and 6.8(2)

7 days from Date on which the documents were served, or on which notification was given

File an acknowledgment of service or notificationCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 9.12(1) and (2)

14 days from Date the application form was served, or notification of the application was given

File a witness statement in support of opposition or a different orderCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 9.12(5) (persons served) and rule 9.12(7) (persons notified)

28 days from Date of service under rule 9.6, 9.7 or 9.8; or date of notification under rule 9.7(5), 9.8(5), 9.9 or 9.10

Serve an application notice made within existing proceedingsCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 10.4(1) and (3)

14 days from Date on which the application notice was issued by the court

Apply for reconsideration of an order made without a hearing or without noticeCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 13.4(1), (2) and (3)(a)

21 days from Date the order made without a hearing, or without notice to a person affected by it, was served

Challenge a refusal of permission made without a hearingCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 8.6 (and the note to it) read with rules 8.5 and 13.4(3)(a)

21 days from Date on which the order refusing permission, made without a hearing, was served under rule 8.5

File the appellant's noticeCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 20.10(1) and (2)

21 days from Date of the decision being appealed (unless the first instance judge directs or specifies another period in the order)

Serve the appellant's notice, and file the certificate of serviceCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 20.10(3) and (4)

21 days from Date on which the court issued the appellant's notice

File the respondent's noticeCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 20.11(1), (3) and (4)

21 days from The soonest of: service of the appellant's notice where permission was given by the first instance judge or is not required; service of notification that another judge has given the appellant permission; or service of notification that the permission application and the appeal are to be heard together

Serve the respondent's notice, and file the certificate of serviceCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 20.11(5) and (6)

21 days from Date on which the court issued the respondent's notice

File and serve skeleton arguments on appealPractice Direction 20A (supplementing Part 20 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017), paragraphs 16, 17, 44, 45, 46 and 47

21 days from Filing of the appellant's notice or respondent's notice, where the skeleton argument did not accompany it; or, for a respondent who files no respondent's notice, the date of the appeal hearing

Appellant's notice for an appeal from the Court of Protection to the Court of AppealCivil Procedure Rules 1998, rule 52.12(1), (2) and (3), applied by Court of Protection Rules 2017 rule 20.5 and the note to it

21 days from Date of the decision of the Court of Protection which the appellant wishes to appeal (unless the lower court directs another period)

Managing authority's duty to request a standard authorisationMental Capacity Act 2005, Schedule A1, paragraph 24(1)-(5)

28 days from It appearing to the managing authority of the hospital or care home that the relevant person is, or is likely within the next 28 days to be, a detained resident there and meets or is likely to meet all of the qualifying requirements

Complete all assessments for a standard authorisationMental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisations, Assessments and Ordinary Residence) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1858), regulation 13(1)

21 days from Date the supervisory body receives the request for a standard authorisation

Assessments where an urgent authorisation has been given - compressed to the urgent authorisation periodMental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisations, Assessments and Ordinary Residence) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1858), regulation 13(2)

7 days from Supervisory body receiving a request for a standard authorisation where the managing authority has given an urgent authorisation under paragraph 76 of Schedule A1

Maximum duration of a standard authorisationMental Capacity Act 2005, Schedule A1, paragraphs 42(1) and (2) and 51(1) and (2)

12 months from Date a standard authorisation comes into force (paragraph 63: when it is given, or at a later time if the authorisation so provides)

Maximum duration of an urgent authorisationMental Capacity Act 2005, Schedule A1, paragraphs 76 and 78(1) and (2)

7 days from Date the managing authority gives the urgent authorisation

Extension of an urgent authorisation - one request only, maximum 7 further daysMental Capacity Act 2005, Schedule A1, paragraphs 77(3) and (4), 84(4) and 85(1)-(3)

7 days from Managing authority requesting the supervisory body to extend the duration of the original urgent authorisation

Suspended standard authorisation lapses after 28 daysMental Capacity Act 2005, Schedule A1, paragraph 96(1)-(3), read with paragraphs 92 to 95

28 days from Day on which the standard authorisation is suspended under paragraph 93 (the time the managing authority gives the supervisory body notice under paragraph 92 that the relevant person has ceased to meet the eligibility requirement)

Assessment on a third party request that there is an unauthorised deprivation of libertyMental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Standard Authorisations, Assessments and Ordinary Residence) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1858), regulation 14, read with Mental Capacity Act 2005 Schedule A1 paragraphs 68 to 70

7 days from Date the supervisory body receives the request from an eligible person under paragraph 68

First Hearing in a deprivation of liberty applicationPractice Direction 11A (supplementing Part 11 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017), paragraphs 23, 24 and 25

5 working days from Date of issue of the deprivation of liberty application

Case Management Conference in the Personal Welfare PathwayPractice Direction 3B (supplementing Part 3 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017), paragraph 2.4(1)(b), read with rule 3.9 and paragraph 1.1

28 days from Issue of the application, on gatekeeping by the judge

File the bundle before the Final Management Hearing and the Final HearingPractice Direction 3B (supplementing Part 3 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017), paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2)

3 days before Date of the Final Management Hearing, or of the Final Hearing

Lodge preliminary documents by 11 a.m. on the day before the hearingPractice Direction 4B (supplementing Part 4 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017), paragraph 6.4

1 day before Date of the hearing

Put written questions to an expertCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 15.7(1) and (2)

28 days from Date on which the expert's report was served

Return of the pre-issue notification form by P and by persons notifiedPractice Direction 9H (supplementing Part 9 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017), paragraphs 7(g), 10(e), 11(a) and (c), and 12

14 days from Date on which P received form COP14PADep, or on which a person notified received form COP15PADep

Fresh notification required if the deputyship application is not filed within three monthsPractice Direction 9H (supplementing Part 9 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017), paragraph 13

3 months from Date on which the applicant first notified any person that a property and affairs deputyship application is going to be made

Objection to registration of an enduring power of attorneyMental Capacity Act 2005, Schedule 4, paragraph 13(4) and (5)

35 days from Date, or the latest date, on which the attorney gave notice under paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 of an application for registration

Apply under Part 9 before the court gives directions on a Public Guardian requestCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 24.4(1)-(6)

21 days from Date on which the court issues the notice under rule 24.4(4) that the Public Guardian has requested the court's directions about registration

Order that costs incurred in P's lifetime be paid out of or charged on P's estateCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 19.11

72 months from Date of P's death

Enforcement of an order or warrant of committalCourt of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 21.9(1)-(5)

24 months from Date the order or warrant of committal was made

Time limits at a glance

The headline periods below restate the encoded rules. Run the calculator above for the exact date, with deemed service, clear days and bank holidays applied.

Deemed day of service: what is the time limit?

2 days from Service of any document in accordance with the Rules or a relevant practice direction, under Court of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 6.7(1)-(2). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Serve the application form on named respondents: what is the time limit?

14 days from Date on which the court issued the application form (rule 9.2(2): the date entered on the application form by the court), under Court of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 9.6(1). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Serve donor, donees and attorneys in LPA and EPA applications: what is the time limit?

14 days from Date on which the application form was issued, where the application concerns the court's powers under MCA 2005 sections 22 or 23, or under paragraphs 2(9), 4(5)(a) and (b), 7(2), 10(c), 13, or 16(2), (3), (4) and (6) of Schedule 4, under Court of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rules 9.7(1) and (3) (lasting powers of attorney) and 9.8(1) and (3) (enduring powers of attorney). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Notify the persons specified in Practice Direction 9B that an application has been issued: what is the time limit?

14 days from Date on which the application form was issued, under Court of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 9.10(1). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

Notify P that an application form has been issued or withdrawn, or of a decision: what is the time limit?

14 days from Date the application form or appellant's notice was issued or withdrawn; or the date the decision was made; or the date the rule 7.6(4) order was served on the person required to effect notification, under Court of Protection Rules 2017 (SI 2017/1035), rule 7.8(3)(a), (b) and (d), read with rules 7.4, 7.6 and 9.9. The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.