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. In much of the world, court systems are divided into at least three levels: the trial court, which initially hears cases and considers factual evidence and testimony relevant to the case; at least one intermediate appellate court; and a supreme court (or court of last resort) which primarily reviews the decisions of the intermediate courts, often on a discretionary basis. A particular court system's supreme court is its highest appellate court. Appellate courts nationwide can operate under varying rules.
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | Jail sentences of two men who kidnapped teen before she was found seriously injured referred for being 'unduly lenient'The prison sentences handed down to two kidnappers who bundled a teenager into a van before she was found seriously injured have been referred to the Court of Appeal for being "unduly lenient".Sky News - Published |
Sentences for Arthur's father and stepmother referred for being too lenientThe sentences handed to Arthur Labinjo-Hughes's father and stepmother have been referred to the Court of Appeal for being too lenient.Sky News - Published | Fourth member of Stockwell Six clears his name at Court of AppealA fourth member of the so-called "Stockwell Six", who was convicted for allegedly attempting to rob a corrupt police officer nearly 50 years ago, has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal.Sky News - Published |
Meghan's letter to dad 'written with public consumption in mind', court hearsThe Duchess of Sussex's letter to her father - published by the Mail on Sunday - was "written with public consumption in mind as a possibility", the Court of Appeal has heard.Sky News - Published | |
