The Court of Appeal

Half Title Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
About the Authors......Page 13
Table of Cases......Page 15
Table of Legislation......Page 17
1. Introduction......Page 21
THE RESEARCH AGENDA......Page 25
A NOTE ON METHODOLOGY......Page 26
PLAN OF THE BOOK......Page 28
ANNEX A: DATA COLLECTED FOR EACH CASE IN THE DATA-SET......Page 29
ANNEX B: RESEARCHERS’ INFORMAL AIDE-MÉMOIRE FOR THE CONDUCT OF SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS WITH JUDGES IN THE COURT OF APPEAL......Page 30
2. The Nature of the Appellate Process......Page 33
APPEALS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 35
SPECIES OF APPEAL......Page 36
THE RATIONALE OF ENGLISH CIVIL APPEALS......Page 40
APPEAL AND THE TRIAL PROCESS......Page 42
THE POSITION BEFORE 1875......Page 51
RIGHTS OF APPEAL: FROM HANWORTH TO EVERSHED......Page 54
A TRANSATLANTIC LESSON? SLOW MOVES TOWARDS MODERNISATION SINCE THE 1960S......Page 57
INSIGHTS FROM WITHIN......Page 59
THE WOOLF REFORMS......Page 63
A VIEW FROM THE 1880S—PLUS ÇA CHANGE?......Page 65
4. New Public Management in the Court of Appeal: The Woolf and Bowman Reforms......Page 67
THATCHERISM AND THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT......Page 68
THATCHERISM CATCHES UP WITH THE JUDICIARY......Page 69
NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND THE COURTS—THE RISING TIDE......Page 72
THE WOOLF REPORTS ON CIVIL JUSTICE......Page 74
THE COURT OF APPEAL: FROM WOOLF TO BOWMAN......Page 75
IMPLEMENTING WOOLF AND BOWMAN: THE TANFERN DIRECTION......Page 78
JUDGES AS CASE MANAGERS?......Page 81
THE NEW PROCEDURE IN OUTLINE......Page 87
DEALING WITH AN APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL......Page 89
SECOND APPEALS......Page 91
RESTRICTIONS ON APPEALS ABOUT CASE MANAGEMENT......Page 93
REFORM OF PERMISSION TO APPEAL......Page 94
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: MEDIATION, COSTS, AND LOWER COURTS......Page 96
AFTER PERMISSION TO APPEAL HAS BEEN GRANTED: REVIEW OR REHEARING?......Page 98
THE OUTCOME OF AN APPEAL......Page 101
THE OFFICIAL STATISTICS......Page 103
PERMISSION TO APPEAL: THE PROCEDURE IN PRACTICE......Page 104
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998......Page 110
WHERE WAS PTA APPLIED FOR?......Page 111
REPRESENTED AND UNREPRESENTED APPLICANTS......Page 113
TIME TAKEN FOR APPLICATIONS TO BE PROCESSED......Page 114
DETERMINATION ON THE PAPERS, AND ORAL HEARINGS......Page 116
JUDICIAL TIME TAKEN TO HEAR PTA APPLICATIONS......Page 117
PERMISSION TO APPEAL GRANTED BY THE COURT BELOW......Page 119
THE JOURNEY OF AN APPLICATION: AN APPLICANT’S EYE VIEW OF THE COURT OF APPEAL......Page 120
LEADING THE COURT: MASTERS OF THE ROLLS......Page 125
THE COURT TODAY......Page 129
WHO GOES UPSTAIRS?......Page 131
ANNEX A: MASTERS OF THE ROLLS, 1873–2006......Page 133
ANNEX B: THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL(CIVIL DIVISION)......Page 134
INDIVIDUALITY AND COLLEGIALITY......Page 143
JUDGMENTS: SINGLE, MULTIPLE OR COMPOSITE......Page 146
PROLIXITY OF JUDGMENTS......Page 149
9. Unrepresented Applicants......Page 153
A LITIGANT’S VIEW......Page 158
THE CASE FOR ABOLITION OF THE RIGHT TO AN ORAL HEARING IN SEEKING PERMISSION TO APPEAL......Page 160
10. Who has the Last Word? The Court of Appeal and the House of Lords......Page 163
REVIEW AND SUPERVISION......Page 165
APPEALS IN THE ABSTRACT......Page 167
APPEALING TO THE LORDS......Page 168
THE NEAR-EXTINCTION OF ORALLY ARGUED PETITIONS FOR LEAVE......Page 170
THE FINAL COURT OF APPEAL IN PARLIAMENT......Page 173
POLANSKI V VANITY FAIR......Page 179
APPEAL AND AUDIT—THE DAME SHIRLEY PORTER CASE......Page 182
THE ROMA AT PRAGUE AIRPORT......Page 189
BEGUM: ANOTHER APPROACH TO DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 196
12. The Court in the Twenty-first Century - Some Reflections......Page 201
Bibliography......Page 207
Index......Page 211