{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-20/rule-20.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-20/rule-20.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection Rules 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017",
  "path": "part/20/rule/20.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "20.2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In the following provisions of this Part—\n(a) “appeal judge” means a judge of the court to whom an appeal is made;\n(b) “first instance judge” means the judge of the court from whose decision an appeal is brought;\n(c) “appellant” means the person who brings or seeks to bring an appeal;\n(d) “respondent” means—\n(i) a person other than the appellant who was a party to the proceedings before the first instance judge and who is affected by the appeal; or\n(ii) a person who is permitted or directed by the first instance judge or the appeal judge to be party to the appeal; and\n(e) “a second appeal” means an appeal from a decision of a judge of the court which was itself made on appeal from a judge of the court.\n(2) In this Part, where the expression “permission” is used it means “permission to appeal” unless otherwise stated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1035/part/20/rule/20.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:10.291890+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}