Appellate court
Court of law empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal
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An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court, court of appeals, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In most jurisdictions, the court system is divided into at least three levels: the trial court, which initially hears cases and reviews evidence and testimony to determine the facts of the case; at least one intermediate appellate court; and a supreme court which primarily reviews the decisions of the intermediate courts. A jurisdiction's supreme court is that jurisdiction's highest appellate court. Appellate courts nationwide can operate under varying rules.
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PC Andrew Harper: Killers' sentences to be reviewedThe Attorney General refers the jail terms to the Court of Appeal for being "unduly lenient".BBC News - Published | |
PC Andrew Harper: Court of Appeal to consider increasing prison sentences for police officer's killersJudges are to consider increasing the prison sentences given to three teenagers convicted of killing PC Andrew Harper.Independent - Published | |
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Chris Packham loses bid for legal challenge over HS2Chris Packham's attempt to challenge the government's approval of HS2 fails in the Court of Appeal.BBC News - Published | |
Women hit by state pension age rise 'can't sleep' as they await Court of Appeal judgement'Lives have been obliterated,' claims campaignerIndependent - Published | |
Jason Lawrance appeal: Men who lie about infertility are not rapists, say judgesCourt of Appeal judges have quashed the convictions of a rapist who lied about having a vasectomy.BBC News - Published | |
Women's lives devastated by 'catastrophic' state pension age rise, Court of Appeal hears'We have a group of essentially, economically and emotionally, disenfranchised women,' says Michael Mansfield QCIndependent - Published | |
Campaigners against state pension age rise 'supremely confident' ahead of Court of Appeal hearing'Money can never make up for what we have lost in the past six years. Our homes. Our health. Our happiness,' says woman pushed into destitutionIndependent - Published | |
Shamima Begum delighted but 'very nervous' after citizenship court rulingCourt of Appeal this week granted 20-year-old permission to launch judiciary review against government's decision to deny her British citizenshipIndependent - Published | |
Shamima Begum can return to UK to fight citizenship, Court of Appeal rulesThe 20-year-old, who went to Syria to join the Islamic State group, was stripped of her citizenship in 2019.BBC News - Published | |
Shamima Begum: Isis bride should be allowed to return to UK, Court of Appeal rulesShamima Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled.Independent - Published | |
Alex Hepburn's rape conviction upheld at Court of AppealFormer Worcestershire all-rounder Alex Hepburn was jailed for five years in 2019.BBC News - Published | |
DWP loses Court of Appeal Universal Credit case against four mothers who faced destitution'I find it unbelievable that the government has fought this case in the courts for so many years, it should not have taken the Court of Appeal to tell them something which is just a matter of common..Independent - Published | Armenia releases former president Kocharyan on $4 million bailArmenia's criminal court of appeal released former president Robert Kocharyan from custody on Thursday on bail of 2 billion drams ($4.2 million).Reuters - Published |
Shamima Begum: British citizenship of former Isis bride should be restored, court of appeal told'The only things that are clear are that Shamima Begum was a child when she left the UK and had been influenced to do so,' says her lawyerIndependent - Published | Lesotho appeal courts revokes bail granted to former leader's wifeLesotho's Appeal Court on Friday revoked bail which had been granted to the former prime minister Thomas Thabane's wife, who is accused of murdering the leader's previous spouse.Reuters - Published |
Hong Kong court rules that blanket ban on masks is unconstitutionalHong Kong's Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled that a blanket government ban on face masks was unconstitutional, at a time when most Hong Kong people are wearing them in the hope of warding off the new..Reuters - Published | People cannot define themselves as gender neutral on passports, court rulesA campaigner who wants passports to include a category for those who do not identify as male or female has lost a Court of Appeal challenge over gender neutral passports.Independent - Published |
Dubai's ruler loses appeal to stop publication of judgments in UK court battle with ex-wifeLondon's Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that two judgments in the legal battle between Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and his former wife over the wardship of their two children..Reuters - Published | Climate campaigners win Heathrow expansion caseCampaigners win a Court of Appeal ruling over plans for a third runway on environmental grounds.BBC News - Published |
Judge rejects UK government's Heathrow Airport expansion planOpponents of the expansion of Heathrow Airport won a legal challenge in England's Court of Appeal, after a judge ruled that the UK government's airport expansion policy was unlawful as it failed to..Reuters - Published | Verdicts delivered in child wardship battle between Dubai ruler and ex-wife, court hearsVerdicts have been given in the latest stage of a legal battle between Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and his former wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein over their children,..Reuters - Published |
Domestic abuser Joshua Dalgrano jailed after sentence appealThe Solicitor General referred Joshua Dalgrano's non-custodial sentence to the Appeal Court.BBC News - Published | Judges reject bid to make Islamic marriages legally bindingIt is 'not difficult for parties who want to be legally married to achieve that status', says Court of AppealIndependent - Published |
Midrar Ali: Parents lose court appeal over baby's treatmentCourt of Appeal judges rule in favour of St Mary's Hospital over the treatment of Midrar Ali.BBC News - Published | Assisted dying: Terminally ill man's judicial review rejectedPhil Newby said he is "thoroughly disappointed" over the Court of Appeal's decision.BBC News - Published |
Reynhard Sinaga: Court of Appeal to review rapist's sentenceReynhard Sinaga was convicted of luring 48 men to his Manchester flat and assaulting them.BBC News - Published | Murder conviction for woman who stabbed boyfriend in heart is unsafe, Court of Appeal toldLawyers say jury did not hear evidence of domestic abuse and a potential personality disorderIndependent - Published |
Farieissia Martin to appeal against murder convictionThe Court of Appeal has given Farieissia Martin the go-ahead to challenge the conviction.BBC News - Published | Thai court increases prison time for officials in Rohingya trafficking caseA Thai court of appeal has increased prison time for a former army general and more than fifty others convicted in the country's largest human trafficking trial.Reuters - Published |
Anti-abortion protesters lose appeal over clinic buffer zoneAn exclusion zone for protesters at an abortion clinic will remain, the Court of Appeal rules.BBC News - Published | Jack Shepherd: Speedboat killer allowed to flee justice 'without consequence' as judges quash bail convictionCourt of Appeal dismisses appeal against manslaughter conviction but quashes sentence for skipping bailIndependent - Published |
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful, Court of Appeal rulesThe UK's continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen's brutal war are unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.Independent - Published | Swedish Appeals Court overturns bombing plot convictionA Swedish appeals court on Wednesday overturned a seven-year sentence handed down to an Uzbek man by a lower court for plotting to carry out a bombing in the name of Islamic State.Reuters - Published |
New Zealand court orders government to reconsider first China extradition decisionNew Zealand's Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered the government to reassess its decision to extradite a man to China to face murder charges due to human rights risks.Reuters - Published | |
