Court of Appeal of England and Wales

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appellate court court court of record

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is a senior appellate court that reviews civil and criminal cases from lower courts and tribunals within England and Wales.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Court of Appeal	1
Court of Appeal in Common Law	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court ⓘ court of record ⓘ
abbreviation	EWCA ⓘ
aboveInHierarchy	High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justice
applies	law of England and Wales ⓘ
belowInHierarchy	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
canGrant	permission to appeal ⓘ
canSitAs	full court ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Judicature Acts ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
decisionsForm	binding precedent ⓘ
established	1875 ⓘ
finalAppealBefore	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy	Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
handles	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
hasDivision	Civil Division ⓘ Criminal Division ⓘ
headedBy	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	County courts of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: County Court Crown Court of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: Crown Court High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justice certain tribunals ⓘ
includesMemberType	Lady Justice ⓘ surface form: Lady Justice of Appeal Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
maySitWith	2 judges ⓘ
numberOfLordsJusticesOfAppeal	approximately 39 ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/court-of-appeal/ ⓘ
partOf	Senior Courts of England and Wales ⓘ
partOfBranch	judicial branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor	Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ Court of Appeal of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Court of Appeal in Common Law
presidingOfficerCivilDivision	Lord Denning ⓘ surface form: Master of the Rolls
presidingOfficerCriminalDivision	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
reviews	points of law ⓘ some findings of fact ⓘ
seatsAt	Royal Courts of Justice ⓘ
shortName	Court of Appeal of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Court of Appeal
styleOfJudges	The Right Honourable Lady Justice ⓘ The Right Honourable ⓘ surface form: The Right Honourable Lord Justice
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
typicalPanelSize	3 judges ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

County courts of England and Wales → appealTo → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

Crown Court of England and Wales → appealTo → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

Magistrates' courts of England and Wales → appealTo → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

High Court of Justice of England and Wales → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

Dame Anne Rafferty (former) → employer → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Dame Anne Rafferty

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → hasAuthorityOver → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

English law → hasCourtSystem → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

judicial title for some female judges in the UK → hasHigherCourt → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Dame Justice

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hearsAppealsFrom → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

The Supreme Court → hearsAppealsFrom → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

judicial title for some female judges in the UK → isTitleStyleOf → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Dame Justice

judiciary of England and Wales → overseesCourt → Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

Court of Appeal of England and Wales → predecessor → Court of Appeal of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Appeal in Common Law

Court of Appeal of England and Wales → shortName → Court of Appeal of England and Wales self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Appeal