{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-20/rule-20.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-20/rule-20.4.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/20.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "20.4",
  "heading": "Destination of appeals",
  "text": "(1) An appeal from a decision of a judge of the court shall lie to the Court of Appeal in the following cases—\n(a) where it is an appeal from a decision of a Tier 3 Judge; or\n(b) where it is a second appeal.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (1) and to any alternative provision made by the relevant practice direction—\n(a) where the first instance judge was a Tier 1 Judge, any appeal shall be heard by a Tier 2 Judge;\n(b) where the first instance judge was a Tier 2 Judge, any appeal shall be heard by a Tier 3 Judge.\n(3) No appeal may be made against a decision of a court officer authorised under rule 2.3.\n(A decision of a court officer authorised under rule 2.3 can be reconsidered by a judge under rule 13.4.)",
  "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/20.4",
    "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."
}