# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 3) 1989, Article 15: Applications for leave to appeal


For Order 59, rule 14(2), there shall be substituted the following new paragraphs—
“(2) An application to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal shall–
(a) include, where necessary, any application to extend the time for appealing, and
(b) be made ex parte in writing setting out the reasons why leave should be granted and, if the time for appealing has expired, the reasons why the application was not made within that time;
and the Court may grant or refuse the application or direct that the application be renewed in open court either ex parte or inter partes.
(2A) If an application under paragraph (2) is refused otherwise than after a hearing in open court, the applicant shall be entitled, within 7 days after he has been given notice of the refusal, to renew his application; and such renewed application shall be heard ex parte in open court.
(2B) If an application under paragraph (2) is granted otherwise than after a hearing inter partes, notice of the order shall be served on the party or parties affected by the appeal and any such party shall be entitled, within 7 days after service of the notice, to apply to have the grant of leave reconsidered inter partes in open court.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1307/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-3-1989/article-15
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