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217: Appeal to Court of Appeal against conviction or order or sentence in respect of contempt of court
or “You can ask a higher court to look at your case if you're in trouble for not following court rules.”

You could also call this:

“You can ask a higher court to check if a decision about your case was fair.”

If you are not happy with a final or temporary order made about your application for review or other proceeding under section 194, you can appeal to the Court of Appeal. This means you can ask a higher court to look at the decision again. When you do this, section 56 of the Senior Courts Act 2016 will apply to your appeal. This section tells you how to make your appeal and what rules you need to follow.

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or “This section explains how mistakes in legal processes can be fixed or forgiven by a court or authority.”

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218: Appeal to Court of Appeal in respect of order on application for review

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218Appeal to Court of Appeal in respect of order on application for review

Any party to an application for review or other proceeding under section 194 who is dissatisfied with any final or interlocutory order in respect of the application may appeal to the Court of Appeal; and section 56 of the Senior Courts Act 2016 applies to any such appeal.

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