Section 16 Appeals from High Court.C1C2C3C4C5
England and Wales
Subject as otherwise provided by this or any other Act (and in particular to the provision in section 13(2)(a) of the M1Administration of Justice Act 1969 excluding appeals to the Court of Appeal in cases where leave to appeal from the High Court directly to the F1Supreme Court is granted under Part II of that Act), F2or as provided by any order made by the Lord Chancellor under section 56(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999, F3or as provided by any order made by the Lord Chancellor under section 56(1) of the Access to Justice Act 1999, the Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from any judgment or order of the High Court.
An appeal from a judgment or order of the High Court when acting as a prize court shall not be to the Court of Appeal, but shall be to Her Majesty in Council in accordance with the Prize Acts 1864 to 1944.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 16(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 36(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
- F2
Words in s. 16(1) inserted (2.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1071, art. 7
- F3
Words in s. 16(1) inserted (3.10.2016) by The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/917), art. 9 (with art. 8)
Marginal citations
- M1
Modifications
- C1
S. 16 extended (prosp.) by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), ss. 42(3)(b), 134(1)
- C2
S. 16 extended by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 84(6), 119(5)
- C3
S. 16 extended (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 118(2), 137(2), 140, 223(2), Sch. 8 paras. 1, 3(2)
- C4
S. 16 excluded (2.10.2006) by 1999 c. 22, Sch. 3 para. 3B(6) (as inserted by Criminal Defence Service Act 2006 (c. 9), ss. 2, 5(2); S.I. 2006/2491, art. 2)
- C5
S. 16 modified (4.11.2024) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), ss. 184(4), 212(2) (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(c)
- C6
S. 16(1) excluded (22.11.2005) by The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) (Family Proceedings) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3276), art. 1(3)(b)(i)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act: "The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) may be cited as the Senior Courts Act 1981" (1.10.2009) by virtue of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 1(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
- F2
Act: words substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 26(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)