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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchSenior Courts Act 1981You are here:1981 c. 54Part IITable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: PartNext: PartPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Senior Courts Act 1981. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Senior Courts Act 1981Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2010/145 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)S.I. 2010/708 art. 1-14 commences (2008 c. 14)S.I. 2010/987 art. 2	commences (2008 c. 22)S.I. 2010/1621 art. 2 Sch. commences (S.I. 2010/231)S.I. 2010/2582 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2010 nawm 1)S.I. 2011/1741 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 11)Part IIE+W+S+N.I. JURISDICTIONE+W The Court of Appeal15 General jurisdiction of Court of Appeal.E+W(1)The Court of Appeal shall be a superior court of record.
16 Appeals from High Court. E+W(1)Subject as otherwise provided by this or any other Act (and in particular to the provision in section 13(2)(a) of the M1Administration of Justice Act 1969 excluding appeals to the Court of Appeal in cases where leave to appeal from the High Court directly to the [F1Senior Courts] is granted under Part II of that Act), [F2or as provided by any order made by the Lord Chancellor under section 56(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999,] the Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from any judgment or order of the High Court.
(2)An appeal from a judgment or order of the High Court when acting as a prize court shall not be to the Court of Appeal, but shall be to Her Majesty in Council in accordance with the Prize Acts 1864 to 1944.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1S. 16: words "Senior Courts" substituted (1.10.2009) for "Supreme Court" which words were substituted (1.10.2009) for "House of Lords" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 59, 148, Sch. 9 para. 36(3), Sch. 11 para. 26(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)(d)F2Words in s. 16(1) inserted (2.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1071, art. 7Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 16 extended (prosp.) by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), ss. 42(3)(b), 134(1).C2S. 16 extended by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 84(6), 119(5)C3S. 16 extended by Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 65(3)C4S. 16 extended (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), ss. 43(3), 59(1), Sch. 7 paras. 14, 16C5S. 16 extended (1. 12. 1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 118(2), 137(2), 140, 223(2), Sch. 8 paras. 1, 3(2)C6S. 16 excluded (2.10.2006) by 1999 c. 22, Sch. 3 para. 3B(6) (as inserted by Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 (c. 9), ss. 2, 5(2); S.I. 2006/2491, art. 2C7S. 16(1) excluded (22.11.2005) by The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3276), art. 1(3)(b)(i)Marginal CitationsM11969 c. 58. 17 Applications for new trial.E+W(1)Where any cause or matter, or any issue in any cause or matter, has been tried in the High Court, any application for a new trial thereof, or to set aside a verdict, finding or judgment therein, shall be heard and determined by the Court of Appeal except where rules of court made in pursuance of subsection (2) provide otherwise.
(3)Nothing in this section shall alter the practice in bankruptcy.
18 Restrictions on appeals to Court of Appeal.E+W(1)No appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal—
(a)except as provided by the M2Administration of Justice Act 1960, from any judgment of the High Court in any criminal cause or matter;
[F4(fa)from a dissolution order, nullity order or presumption of death order under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 that has been made final, by a party who, having had time and opportunity to appeal from the conditional order on which that final order was founded, has not appealed from the conditional order;]
[F5(g)except as provided by Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996, from any decision of the High Court under that Part;]
F6(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F3S. 18(1)(e)(f)(h) repealed (1.10.1993) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), ss. 7(2), 125(7), Sch. 20; S.I. 1993/2132, art. 3, Sch.F4S. 18(1)(fa) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 68; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2) (subject to art. 2(3)-(5))F5S. 18(1)(g) substituted (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 107(1), Sch. 3 para. 37(2) (with s. 81(2)); S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3 (with Sch. 2 para. 1)F6S. 18(1A)(1B) repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(3)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. III (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))F7S. 18(2) repealed (1.10.1993) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), s. 125(7), Sch. 20; S.I. 1993/2132, art. 3, Sch.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C8S. 18(1)(a) excluded (18.12.2003) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 274(4),