All change for appeals CPR 52—2016 in review [Archived]

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Practice notes

All change for appeals CPR 52—2016 in review [Archived]

Published by a LexisNexis Dispute Resolution expert

Practice notes
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ARCHIVED: this archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published.

Changes to Appeals in 2016—what do you need to know?

2016 saw the culmination of many months of consultations and meetings focused on tackling the backlog of cases in the Court of Appeal. A number of changes were proposed to reduce the workload in the Court of Appeal including raising the threshold test for permission to appeal. Not all of the proposed changes made it through the consultation process, but many did, resulting in (among other things) a brand new CPR 52, significant changes to the Practice Directions (in particular CPR PD 52A and CPR PD 52C) and the re-routing of appeals away from the Court of Appeal.

In this review of 2016 we consider:

  1. the challenges faced by the Court of Appeal and the proposals to meet those challenges—see below

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The process by which an employee appeals the decision of an employer (for example following a termination or disciplinary hearing) or Court or Tribunal.

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