Paragraph 20 Filing and issue of notice where permission of the Judicial Committee not required

(1)

This rule and rule 21 apply to appeals where permission to appeal from the Judicial Committee is not required either because the court below has exercised its discretion to grant permission or because the appeal is an appeal as of right for which the court below has granted final leave to appeal.

(2)

The notice of appeal must be filed within 56 days of the date of the order or decision of the court below granting permission or final leave to appeal, as the case may be.

(3)

The grounds of appeal may not (without the permission of the Registrar or the Judicial Committee) differ materially from those for which discretionary permission to appeal has been granted by the court below.

(4)

At the same time as filing the notice of appeal—

(a)

a portal party must upload the documents listed in paragraph (5);

(b)

a non-portal party must send the Registrar by email (and not by sending hard copies) the documents listed in paragraph (5).

(5)

The documents to be uploaded or sent by email to the Registry in accordance with paragraph (4) are as follows—

(a)

a certificate of value;

(b)

the order of the court below against which the appellant is appealing;

(c)

the judgment of the court below to which the order gives effect;

(d)

the order of the court below granting discretionary permission to appeal or final leave to appeal;

(e)

the grounds of appeal;

(f)

a precis of the factual background of the case and a chronology of proceedings;

(g)

the order of the first instance court (if different) which was challenged in the court below;

(h)

the judgment of the first instance court (if different).

(6)

The Judicial Committee shall—

(a)

issue the notice of appeal; and

(b)

direct the appellant to serve the notice.