# The Court of Protection Rules 2017, Part 3: MANAGING THE CASE


Contents of this Part
The court's general powers of case management
Rule 3.1
Case management – unrepresented parties
Rule 3.2
Court's power to dispense with requirement of any rule
Rule 3.3
Exercise of powers on the court's own initiative
Rule 3.4
General power of the court to rectify matters where there has been an error of procedure
Rule 3.5
Dealing with the application
Rule 3.6
Directions
Rule 3.7
Allocation of proceedings
Court's jurisdiction in certain kinds of cases to be exercised by certain judges
Rule 3.8
Allocation of cases to case pathways
Rule 3.9

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1035/part/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2017/part-3
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