Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland

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appellate court court court of record

The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland is the highest court within Northern Ireland’s local judicial system, handling appeals in civil and criminal cases before any further appeal to the UK Supreme Court.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland	0	1
Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland	0	1
Northern Ireland Court of Appeal	0	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court → court → court of record →
above	High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →
alsoKnownAs	Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → surface form: Northern Ireland Court of Appeal
appealsTo	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
applies	law of Northern Ireland →
below	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
canGrant	leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
canIssue	binding precedents in Northern Ireland →
composition	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland → surface form: Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Lords Justices of Appeal
country	United Kingdom →
courtLevel	intermediate appellate court in the United Kingdom hierarchy →
courtSystem	courts of the United Kingdom → surface form: Courts and Tribunals of the United Kingdom
decisionsReportedIn	Northern Ireland Judgments Bulletin → Northern Ireland Law Reports →
establishedUnder	Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → surface form: Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
governsArea	civil law in Northern Ireland at appellate level → criminal law in Northern Ireland at appellate level →
handles	civil appeals → criminal appeals →
hasAuthorityOver	lower courts in Northern Ireland on points of law →
hasDivision	Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs → surface form: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs → surface form: Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland
hasJudgeTitle	Lord Justice of Appeal →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.judiciaryni.uk →
headedBy	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland →
hearsAppealsFrom	Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → surface form: Crown Court in Northern Ireland High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → certain tribunals in Northern Ireland → county courts in Northern Ireland →
highestCourtIn	Northern Ireland local judicial system →
jurisdiction	Northern Ireland →
language	English →
legalSystem	common law →
location	Belfast →
partOf	Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → surface form: Courts of Northern Ireland Judiciary of Northern Ireland →
presidingJudgeTitle	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland →
regionServed	Northern Ireland →
seatsAt	High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → surface form: Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
symbol	Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom → surface form: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom used in Northern Ireland
typeOfCases	conviction appeals → points of law → sentencing appeals →
usesProcedure	appellate procedure →

Referenced by (9)

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

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → alsoKnownAs → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →

this entity surface form: Northern Ireland Court of Appeal

High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → appellateTo → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →

High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → decisionsAppealableTo → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → hasDivision → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → hasDivision → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland

Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → hasPart → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hearsAppealsFrom → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →

The Supreme Court → hearsAppealsFrom → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →

subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →