Sentence:  The Supreme Court can hear appeals direct from the High Court under the ‘<WSD>leapfrog</WSD>' procedure. This procedure is reserved for matters certified by the Supreme Court to be of general public importance—the type of issue which would ultimately be appealed from the Court of Appeal in any event. There are normally a few of these direct appeals from the High Court each year. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.