England and Wales · Court of Protection
When must the pathway hearing bundle be filed?
PD 3B requires the specified core bundle no later than three days before the Final Management Hearing or Final Hearing. Identify the responsible party, actual hearing and applicable bundle directions. Short procedural clear-day counting must preserve the hearing interval.
- Period
- PD 3B requires the specified core bundle no later than three days before the Final Management Hearing or Final Hearing. Identify the responsible party, actual hearing and applicable bundle directions. Short procedural clear-day counting must preserve the hearing interval.
- Trigger
- The listed Final Management Hearing or Final Hearing
- Rule
- Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2)
The retained official source identifies Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2). The core bundle, advocates’ meeting and preliminary documents have different preparation and delivery periods.
Source guide · No automated date
Check the applicable procedure
Establish the Personal Welfare Pathway and the responsibility transfer described in PD 3B. Read PD 4B and the actual hearing directions together. The core bundle, advocates’ meeting and preliminary documents have different preparation and delivery periods.
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When must the pathway hearing bundle be filed?
PD 3B requires the specified core bundle no later than three days before the Final Management Hearing or Final Hearing. Identify the responsible party, actual hearing and applicable bundle directions. Short procedural clear-day counting must preserve the hearing interval.
Responsible actor. The represented applicant, or the represented respondent where the applicant is unrepresented.
The listed Final Management Hearing or Final Hearing.
Establish the Personal Welfare Pathway and the responsibility transfer described in PD 3B. Read PD 4B and the actual hearing directions together.
Establish the Personal Welfare Pathway and the responsibility transfer described in PD 3B. Read PD 4B and the actual hearing directions together.
Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2)How does this provision count time?
- PD 3B requires the specified core bundle no later than three days before the Final Management Hearing or Final Hearing. Identify the responsible party, actual hearing and applicable bundle directions. Short procedural clear-day counting must preserve the hearing interval.
- Prepare and file the prescribed core bundle in time. A generic backward date does not establish compliance with all circulation and preliminary-document obligations.
- The core bundle, advocates’ meeting and preliminary documents have different preparation and delivery periods.
PD 3B requires the specified core bundle no later than three days before the Final Management Hearing or Final Hearing. Identify the responsible party, actual hearing and applicable bundle directions. Short procedural clear-day counting must preserve the hearing interval. The core bundle, advocates’ meeting and preliminary documents have different preparation and delivery periods.
Prepare and file the prescribed core bundle in time. A generic backward date does not establish compliance with all circulation and preliminary-document obligations. Establish the Personal Welfare Pathway and the responsibility transfer described in PD 3B. Read PD 4B and the actual hearing directions together.
Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Establish the Personal Welfare Pathway and the responsibility transfer described in PD 3B. Read PD 4B and the actual hearing directions together. The core bundle, advocates’ meeting and preliminary documents have different preparation and delivery periods.
A Final Management Hearing is listed under the Personal Welfare Pathway. Practice Direction 3B paragraph 2.6(3) requires the applicant’s hearing bundle three days before the hearing. Identify the actual hearing, bundle responsibility and any specific direction before applying the backward short-period count.
A hearing falls just after a bank-holiday weekend. Rule 2.4 excludes nonbusiness days for a three-day procedural period and excludes the hearing event. Establish the intervening business days and actual filing arrangements. The current generic model does not establish that qualified backward endpoint.
The bundle provider is an unrepresented applicant and a represented respondent is available. Practice Direction 4B paragraphs 3.1 and 3.2 qualify who must provide the bundle. Apply the correct responsibility and directions rather than assuming every applicant must personally prepare it.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Applicable procedure and event
- Establish the Personal Welfare Pathway and the responsibility transfer described in PD 3B. Read PD 4B and the actual hearing directions together.
- Required act and boundary
- Prepare and file the prescribed core bundle in time. A generic backward date does not establish compliance with all circulation and preliminary-document obligations.
- Separate connected procedure
- The core bundle, advocates’ meeting and preliminary documents have different preparation and delivery periods.
- Establish the Personal Welfare Pathway and the responsibility transfer described in PD 3B. Read PD 4B and the actual hearing directions together.
- The core bundle, advocates’ meeting and preliminary documents have different preparation and delivery periods.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must the pathway hearing bundle be filed?
Which hearings engage the cited three-day core-bundle provision?
PD 3B paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2) address the Final Management Hearing and Final Hearing.
Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2)Who files where the applicant is unrepresented?
The cited provision transfers the duty to a represented respondent in that circumstance.
Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2)Do three days before a hearing include both end events?
Rule 2.4’s clear-day treatment excludes the starting act and hearing event.
Court of Protection Rules 2017, rule 2.4Are nonbusiness days relevant to a three-day procedural interval?
Yes. Rule 2.4(4) excludes them for periods of seven days or less.
Court of Protection Rules 2017, rule 2.4Does bundle filing satisfy preliminary-document delivery automatically?
No. PD 4B’s preliminary documents have their own later delivery requirements.
Court of Protection Practice Direction 4B, paragraphs 2, 3 and 6What if the judge has issued a specific bundle direction?
Follow the operative direction and reconcile it with the applicable practice directions.
Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Court of Protection Practice Direction 3B, paragraphs 2.6(3) and 2.7(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Protection Practice Direction 4B, paragraphs 2, 3 and 6 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Protection Rules 2017, rule 2.4 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |