Article 2 Appeals from the High Court
An appeal shall lie to a judge of the High Court where the decision to be appealed is made by—
a district judge of the High Court;
a district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division;
a costs judge; or
a person appointed to act as a deputy for any person holding such an office as is referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) or to act as a temporary additional officer in any such office.
Paragraph (1) applies irrespective of whether the proceedings in which the decision was made are pending in the High Court or whether they are pending in the principal registry of the Family Division of the High Court when it is treated as if it were an adoption centre or intercountry adoption centref1.
Annotations
Footnotes
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By virtue of article 19 of the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1677) the principal registry of the Family Division is treated as an adoption centre and intercountry adoption centre.