Rights of appeal and permission to appeal in the English courts
Whether there is any right of appeal in a given situation will always depend on the relevant statutory provisions. These provisions contain a mass of practical detail which need not concern you in your early days as a law student.
However, in very general terms, there will often be one appeal on either (or both) the facts and the law, with the possibility of a further appeal on the law only.
Many rights of appeal may be exercised only where permission to appeal is granted. Depending on the context, permission may be granted either by the court whose decision is being challenged or by the court that will hear the appeal if permission is granted.
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