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Senior Courts Act 2016

Supreme Court - Leave to appeal

77: Court to state reasons for refusal to give leave

You could also call this:

"The Supreme Court must explain why it says no to an appeal."

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If you want to appeal to the Supreme Court, but they say no, they must tell you why. They can give brief reasons or general reasons for saying no. You can find more information about this by looking at the related law.

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Leave to appeal

77Court to state reasons for refusal to give leave

  1. The Supreme Court must state its reasons for refusing to give leave to appeal to it.

  2. The reasons may be stated—

  3. briefly; and
    1. in general terms only.

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