Practice Direction 4A: Hearings (including reporting restrictions) – effective from 1 December 2017 1 December 2017 |Practice Directions|Court of Protection|Family Court of Protection Practice Direction This practice direction supplements Part 4 of the Court of Protection Rules 2017. Practice Direction 4A: Hearings (including reporting restrictions) - effective from 1 December 2017 - pdf (opens in a new window) pdf | size: 0.17MB