Rule 47.50 AppealI1

England and Wales

(1)

This rule applies where one of the following (‘the appellant’) wants to appeal to the Crown Court—

(a)

the applicant for an investigation anonymity order, where a magistrates’ court has refused to make the order; or

(b)

a party to an application to discharge such an order, where a magistrates’ court has decided that application.

(2)

The appellant must—

(a)

serve on the Crown Court officer a copy of the application to the magistrates’ court; and

(b)

where the appeal concerns a discharge decision, notify each other party,

not more than 15 business days after the decision against which the appellant wants to appeal.

(3)

The Crown Court must hear the appeal without justices of the peace.

[Note. See sections 79 and 80(6) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, and section 74 of the Senior Courts Act 1981^f1.]

Annotations

f1: 1981 c. 54; section 74 was amended by sections 79 and 106 of, and Table (4) of Part V of Schedule 15 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), article 3 of, and paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2004/2035 and section 15 of, and paragraphs 114 and 133 of Schedule 4 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). The Act’s title was amended by section 59(5) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).

F1: Words in Pt. 47 Table of Contents omitted (6.4.2026) by virtue of The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/47), rules 3, 10(c)(i)