The Court of Protection Rules 2017

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20.2.—(1) In the following provisions of this Part—

(a)appeal judge” means a judge of the court to whom an appeal is made;

(b)first instance judge” means the judge of the court from whose decision an appeal is brought;

(c)appellant” means the person who brings or seeks to bring an appeal;

(d)respondent” means—

(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

(ii)a person who is permitted or directed by the first instance judge or the appeal judge to be party to the appeal; and

(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.

(2) In this Part, where the expression “permission” is used it means “permission to appeal” unless otherwise stated.