Guidance on applications and appeals
This page hosts guidance about applications and appeals to the Tribunal. We describe how family members and friends can be involved in Tribunal proceedings for someone, and how they can apply under rule 46 for papers or seek under rule 48 to be a party in those proceedings. We also have guidance for interpreters at hearings. Our processes for compiling sets of papers are explained. Lastly, we provide general guidance for members (and others) in our Bench Book, and specific guidance on some legal points.
Roles For Family Members and Friends
Factsheet Re R46 And R48
Guidance for interpreters
Guidance on the provision of documents in Tribunal applications (revised February 2025)
The Tribunal provides guidance to the Tribunal's Administration on the provision of documents in Tribunal applications:
This guidance sets out the documents which will form the Tribunal papers in each type of application, review, etc, under the relevant sections of the 2003 Act.
The guidance may be of interest to mental health professionals as well as lawyers.