{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-access-to-justice-act-1999-destination-of-appeals-order-2016/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-access-to-justice-act-1999-destination-of-appeals-order-2016/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111146620",
  "legislation_title": "The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-access-to-justice-act-1999-destination-of-appeals-order-2016",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Appeals from the county court",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) and article 6, an appeal shall lie from a decision of the county court to the High Court, if the decision is made by—\n(a) a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1)(a) of the 1984 Act;\n(b) a deputy appointed pursuant to section 24 of the Courts Act 1971; or\n(c) a judge of the county court specified in—\n(i) section 5(2)(a) to (l); or\n(ii) section 5(2)(n) to (q),\nof the 1984 Act.\n(2) Paragraph (1)(c)(ii) shall not apply if the decision is made by a judge of the county court who is also a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1)(b) or (2)(m) or (r) of the 1984 Act.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), an appeal shall lie to a judge of the county court specified in paragraph (1) if—\n(a) that judge is sitting as a judge of the county court; and\n(b) the decision to be appealed is made by a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1)(b) or (2)(m) or (r) to (v) of the 1984 Act.\n(4) In proceedings brought pursuant to the Companies Acts, an appeal from a decision of a judge of the county court specified in section 5(1)(b) or (2)(m) or (r) to (v) of the 1984 Act shall lie to the High Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 23, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111146620/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:16.918517+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}