Civil Division of the Court of Appeal

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The Civil Division of the Court of Appeal is a senior appellate court in England and Wales that primarily hears appeals in civil cases from lower courts and tribunals.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil court ⓘ
court ⓘ
above High Court of Justice ⓘ
appealsOn case management decisions ⓘ
points of law ⓘ
some findings of fact ⓘ
appliesDoctrine stare decisis ⓘ
below Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
bindingPrecedentFor County Court ⓘ
High Court of Justice ⓘ
most tribunals in England and Wales ⓘ
canAppealTo Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
canGrant permission to appeal ⓘ
canInclude Heads of Division ⓘ
High Court judges ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice ⓘ
senior circuit judges ⓘ
canRefuse permission to appeal ⓘ
canSitAs full court in important cases ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
doesNotHear criminal appeals ⓘ
establishedUnder Judicature Acts ⓘ
handles appeals from specialist tribunals ⓘ
judicial review appeals in some circumstances ⓘ
hasJudgeType Lady Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasProcedureRules Civil Procedure Rules ⓘ
headedBy Master of the Rolls ⓘ
hears civil appeals ⓘ
hearsFrom County Court ⓘ
High Court of Justice ⓘ
certain tribunals ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
levelInJudicialHierarchy senior appellate court ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
maySitAs single judge for certain applications ⓘ
parallelTo Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
partOf Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
presidingJudgeTitle Master of the Rolls ⓘ
primaryFunction to hear appeals in civil matters ⓘ
requiresForFurtherAppeal permission to appeal to the Supreme Court ⓘ
subjectArea civil law ⓘ
typicalPanelSize three judges ⓘ
usuallySitsAt Royal Courts of Justice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Senior Courts of England and Wales → includesDivision → Civil Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → alsoKnownAs → Civil Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Division
Court of Appeal in Chancery → replacedBy → Court of Appeal (Civil Division) ⓘ
linked to: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal
Lord Justice of Appeal → positionIn → Civil Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
Civil Procedure Rules → appliesInCourt → Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
linked to: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → alsoKnownAs → Court of Appeal (Civil Division) ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Division of the CA
linked to: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal
Master of the Rolls → presidesOver → Civil Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
Heads of Division of the High Court → oversees → Civil Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
Sir Ernest Ryder → partOf → Court of Appeal (Civil Division) ⓘ
linked to: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal