Civil appeals in England and Wales (excluding appeals to the Supreme Court)
1. judgment and orders, including Tomlin orders
2. enforcing money judgments
3. recording and enforcement of settlements following ADR
Can appeal to:
- The civil division of the Court of Appeal;
- The High Court
- The County Court
Permission to appeal is required:
Where the appeal is from a decision of a judge in the County Court or the HC or judge from the
family court.
Exceptions:
- A committal order;
- A refusal to grant habeas corpus;
- Secure accommodation order.
Application for permission to appeal may be made:
- To the lower court at the hearing at which the decision to be appealed was made or any adjournment of that hearing
- To the appeal court in an appeal notice:
Appellant: Notice must be filed within such a period as may be directed by the lower court at the hearing at which the
decision to be appealed was made/ if not direction was given 21 days after the date of the decision of the lower court
which the appellant wishes to appeal.
Notice must be served on each respondent as soon as practicable and in any event not later than 7 days.
Respondent: Notice must be filed when seeking permission to appeal from the appeal court or wishes to ask AC to
uphold the decision of the lower court. Must be filed as directed by lower court or 14 days after the date in para 5
52.13.
Vary of time: Must be made to the appeal court.
Determination of applications to appeal to the County court and
High Court:
1. Appeal court determines the appeal on paper without an oral
hearing unless the court otherwise directs.
Lower court refuses an application for 2. If the court refuses the application without a hearing, the
permission to appeal: person seeking permission may request an oral hearing unless
the application is without merit (the judge can then make an
- A further application for permission
order not allowing this).
may be made to the appeal court
Determination of applications to appeal to the Court of Appeal:
The order refusing permission must specify:
1. Appeal court determines the appeal on paper without an oral
- The court to which any further
hearing unless the court otherwise directs.
application for permission should be
2. The judge may direct that the application be determined by an
made; and
oral hearing and must direct this if considers that the
- The level of judge who should hear
application cannot fairly be determined on paper.
the application.
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The oral hearing must be listed no later than 14 days from the date
of the direction and before the judge that made the direction.
, Permission to appeal test (first
appeal):
Permission to appeal test (second appeals = any appeal to that
1. The court considers that court from a decision of the County Court, the family court or
the appeal would have a the high court which was itself made on appeal):
real prospect of success; or
2. There is some other These appeals must be made at the court of appeal. The Court of
compelling reason for the appeal will not give permission unless the appeal would:
appeal to be heard.
1. Have a real prospect of success; and
The order given may: 2. Raise an important point of principle or practice; or
3. The is some other compelling reason for the court of
1. Limit the issues to be appeal to hear it.
heard; and
2. Be made subject to
conditions.
Transcripts: Stay:
The lower court or the appeal court may direct Unless the appeal court or the lower court orders otherwise or the
on request by a party that an official transcript appeal is from the Immigration & Asylum Chamber of the Upper
of the judgment of the lower court or any part Tribunal:
of the evidence be obtained at public expense.
An appeal shall not operate as a stay of any order or decision of
The court needs to be satisfied of the
following: the lower court.
- Requesting party qualified for fee
remission or is otherwise in such poor
financial circumstances that the costs
would be excessive burden; and
- It is necessary in the interests of
justice for such a transcript to be
obtained.
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