When is the deadline for first hearing in a deprivation of liberty application?
The catalogue records a 5 working-days period from Date of issue of the deprivation of liberty application. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 5 working-days
- Trigger
- Date of issue of the deprivation of liberty application
- Counting
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- This is expressed as an aim, not an obligation, and imposes no duty on any party. The court may list sooner: paragraph 25 invites applicants to propose a shorter timetable on form DLB, and paragraph 4 allows the DoL team to arrange a telephone application to a judge for directions or an interim order even before the application has been issued in extremely urgent cases.
- This is a listing target on the court, not a party deadline, and should be presented to users as an expectation rather than a date to be complied with. Practice Direction 11A paragraph 3(c) confirms that "the usual Court of Protection Rules (for example, as to method and timing of service of the application) will apply only so far as consistent with the judicial directions give