Procedure rules and forms for civil proceedings in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-31)

Procedures rules and forms not replaced by the Criminal Procedure Rules or the Family Procedure Rules and statutory instruments.

Procedure rules and forms

The following sets of procedure rules only contain the rules and forms that have not been replaced by the Criminal Procedure Rules or the Family Procedure Rules:
- Magistrates’ Courts Rules 1981 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/660d0c6cfb0f770011ec66dd/magistrates-courts-rules-1981-april-24.pdf) (PDF, 344 KB, 32 pages)
- Magistrates’ Courts (Forms) Rules 1981 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5fba35ba8fa8f559df0b66ec/magistrates-courts-forms-rules-1981.pdf) (PDF, 363 KB, 7 pages)
- Application for McKenzie friend in magistrates’ court civil proceedings (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6613feb62138738e3b031b92/magistrates-courts-civil-proceedings-mckenzie-friend-form.odt) (ODT, 13.9 KB)
- Defendant’s appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674489e181f809b32c856918/defendant-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO.docx) (MS Word Document, 32.2 KB)
- Police appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/674489fd4a89e48361cb3596/police-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO.docx.docx) (MS Word Document, 30 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67448a25ece939d55ce92fe0/protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO.docx) (MS Word Document, 33 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order – supplement: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67448abe1034a5f4a585690f/protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-supplement.docx) (MS Word Document, 37.7 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order (easy read version): s.46(1), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67448b1381f809b32c85691b/protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-application-ER.docx) (MS Word Document, 592 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to variation or discharge of domestic abuse protection order (easy read version): s.46(5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67448b2f4a89e48361cb359a/protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-variation-ER.docx) (MS Word Document, 591 KB)
Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order – supplement (easy read version): s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67448b4e4a89e48361cb359b/protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-supplement-ER.docx) (MS Word Document, 169 KB)
- Appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to cryptoassets: ATCSA 2001 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6722286b3ce5634f5f6ef51e/appeal-to-crown-court-cryptoassets-atsca.docx) (MS Word Document, 34.7 KB)
- Appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to cryptoassets: POCA 2002 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/672228854da1c0d41942a9a5/appeal-to-crown-court-cryptoassets-poca.docx) (MS Word Document, 34.2 KB)
- Crown Court Rules 1982 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6744858f81f809b32c856907/crown-court-rules-1982-december-24.pdf) (PDF, 294 KB, 21 pages)
All the procedure rules were made under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/section/144) and section 84 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/section/84).

Welsh language forms
- Defendant’s appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Welsh language edition) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67eaacd0f0edd954a99fe995/CYM-defendant-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO.docx) (MS Word Document, 31.3 KB)
- Police appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Welsh language edition) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67eaacec9110281dc105629f/CYM-police-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO.docx.docx) (MS Word Document, 29 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Welsh language edition) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67eaad0bea9f8afd8105629d/CYM-protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO.docx) (MS Word Document, 31.8 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order – supplement: s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Welsh language edition) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67eaad32f0edd954a99fe996/CYM-protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-supplement.docx) (MS Word Document, 37 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order (easy read version): s.46(1), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Welsh language edition) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67eaad630678ace40a7f27a1/CYM-protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-application-ER.docx) (MS Word Document, 440 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to variation or discharge of domestic abuse protection order (easy read version): s.46(5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Welsh language edition) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67eaad7f0678ace40a7f27a2/CYM-protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-variation-ER.docx) (MS Word Document, 453 KB)
- Protected person appeal from magistrates’ court to Crown Court in civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse protection order – supplement (easy read version): s.46(1) & (5), Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Welsh language edition) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67eaad9eba01abac8e9fe98b/CYM-protected-person-appeal-to-crown-court-DAPO-supplement-ER.docx) (MS Word Document, 169 KB)
The following tables display the statutory instruments containing these rules.

Statutory Instruments for magistrates’ courts

Statutory Instruments for Crown Court

Statutory Instruments for rules that have no effect

Although some rules have not been revoked or amended explicitly, they have now been superseded completely by the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and later amendments. The following table lists rules that have no effect.