Appellate court
Court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal
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An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear a case upon appeal from a trial court or other lower tribunal. Appellate courts other than supreme courts are sometimes named as Intermediate appellate court.
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Southport killer's sentence not unduly lenient, Attorney General says The Southport child killer's sentence will not be referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, the Attorney General has said.Sky News - Published | |
School worker sacked over LGBT+ posts wins appeal A Christian school worker who was sacked after sharing social media posts about the teaching of LGBT+ relationships in schools has won a Court Of Appeal battle.Sky News - Published | |
Judges involved in Sara Sharif proceedings named The judges who oversaw family court proceedings involving Sara Sharif in the years before her death have been named following a Court of Appeal ruling.Sky News - Published | |
Thatchers takes battle with Aldi over cider trademark to Court of Appeal Drinks company Thatchers has launched a bid to overturn a High Court ruling that denied its claims Aldi "copycatted" its cider.Sky News - Published | |
Nottingham attacker's 'unduly lenient' sentence to be referred to Court of AppealThe sentence of the Nottingham attacker who stabbed two students and a caretaker to death will be referred to the Court of Appeal after the attorney general found it to be "unduly lenient".Sky News - Published | |
Former Post Office clerk cleared of fraud linked to Horizon scandalA former Post Office worker wrongly convicted of fraud during the Horizon scandal has been cleared by the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published | |
Nottingham killer's 'lenient' sentence being reviewed by attorney generalTriple killer Valdo Calocane's sentence could be referred to the Court of Appeal after the attorney general received a complaint arguing it's too lenient.Sky News - Published | |
Two rail workers have convictions quashed after they were jailed on word of corrupt police officerTwo British Rail workers have had their convictions for theft quashed at the Court of Appeal after they were jailed on the word of a corrupt police officer.Sky News - Published | |
Plan for new nuclear power plant ruled lawful as legal protest dismissedA proposed new nuclear power station in Suffolk has cleared a legal hurdle after the Court of Appeal ruled the government's decision to approve the site was lawful.Sky News - Published | |
Critically ill baby granted Italian citizenship, as UK court dismisses life-support appeal bidA critically ill eight-month-old baby has been granted Italian citizenship, after the Court of Appeal dismissed the family's bid to overturn a ruling that meant she could not travel abroad for..Sky News - Published | |
Government plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, Court of Appeal rulesCampaigners and asylum seekers have won a Court of Appeal challenge over the government's planned Rwanda deportation scheme.Sky News - Published | |
Man appealing 1994 schoolboy murder conviction claims there was 'wholesale loss of evidence' There was a "wholesale loss and destruction" of evidence in the 1994 murder of Rikki Neave, the Court of Appeal has heard as the man jailed for the killing challenges his conviction.Sky News - Published | |
Judges showed 'deference' to Home Office's view of Rwanda's migrant promises, court hears The Court of Appeal has heard judges showed "excessive deference" to the Home Office's view of promises by the Rwandan government that asylum seekers there would be protected from ill-treatment.Sky News - Published | Legislation which allows abortion of babies with Down's syndrome up until birth upheld by Court of AppealThe Court of Appeal has upheld legislation which allows the abortion of babies with Down's syndrome up until birth, after a challenge by a woman with the condition.Sky News - Published |
Hinduja family reach 'confidential' agreement in UK court proceedingsThe UK-based Hinduja brothers who were locked in a legal dispute in the English courts over their billionaire family assets have reached a "confidential" agreement, according to a Court of Appeal..IndiaTimes - Published | Woman jailed for injecting child with faeces has sentence increased A woman jailed for injecting a child with faeces has her prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published |
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes killer has sentence increased by three years One of the killers of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has had his prison sentence increased by judges at the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published | Family of brain-damaged Archie Battersbee blocked from taking case to UNArchie Battersbee's family has been blocked from taking its case to the United Nations by the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published |
Family of brain-damaged Archie Battersbee denied permission to appeal to UN by Court of Appeal The family of Archie Battersbee has been denied permission to take their case to the UN by the Court of Appeal after upholding a decision by the High Court to withdraw life support treatment for the..Sky News - Published | Hit-and-run driver who killed 18-day-old baby has sentence increased A hit-and-run motorist jailed for killing an 18-day-old baby after crashing into his pram has had his sentence increased at the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published |
First deportation flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead, Court of Appeal rulesThe Court of Appeal has ruled the first deportation flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead tomorrow.Sky News - Published | Government's Rwanda immigration policy facing Court of Appeal test A legal challenge into the government's immigration policy that would send some asylum seekers to Rwanda has begun in the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published |
Kidnapper of girlfriend left paralysed after falling from van has jail sentence increasedA man who bundled his girlfriend into a van before she was later found seriously injured in the middle of a road, has had his seven-and-a-half year sentence increased by Court of Appeal judges.Sky News - Published | Man who kidnapped his girlfriend before she was found with life-changing injuries has jail sentence more than doubled A man who bundled his girlfriend, Angel Lynn, into a van before she was found seriously injured, has had his seven-and-a-half year sentence more than doubled by Court of Appeal judges.Sky News - Published |
Mother of murdered toddler Star Hobson has jail sentence increased The mother of murdered toddler Star Hobson has had her prison sentence increased to 12 years by the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published | |
