{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-20/rule-20.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-20/rule-20.6.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/20.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "20.6",
  "heading": "Permission to appeal – other cases",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rules 20.5 and 20.7, an appeal against a decision of the court may not be made without permission.\n(2) An application for permission to appeal may be made to—\n(a) the first instance judge; or\n(b) another judge who satisfies the relevant condition in paragraph (4) or (5).\n(3) Where an application for permission is refused by the first instance judge, a further application for permission may be made to a judge who satisfies the relevant condition in paragraph (4) or (5).\n(4) Where the decision sought to be appealed is a decision of a Tier 1 Judge, permission may also be granted or refused by—\n(a) a Tier 2 Judge; or\n(b) a Tier 3 Judge.\n(5) Where the decision sought to be appealed is a decision of a Tier 2 Judge, permission may also be granted or refused by a Tier 3 Judge.\n(6) Subject to paragraph (7) and except where another rule or a practice direction provides otherwise, where a judge who satisfies the relevant condition in paragraph (4) or (5), without a hearing, refuses permission to appeal against the decision of the first instance judge, the person seeking permission may request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing.\n(7) Where a Tier 3 Judge or the Senior Judge refuses permission to appeal without a hearing and considers that the application is totally without merit, that judge may order that the person seeking permission may not request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing.\n(8) Subject to paragraph (6), no appeal shall lie against—\n(a) the granting or refusal of permission under this rule; or\n(b) an order allowing an extension of time for appealing from an order.",
  "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/20.6",
    "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."
}