# Senior Courts Act 1981, Section 56: Judges not to sit on appeal from their own judgments, etc.


(1) No judge shall sit as a member of the civil division of the Court of Appeal on the hearing of, or shall determine any application in proceedings incidental or preliminary to, an appeal from a judgment or order made in any case by himself or by any court of which he was a member.
(2) No judge shall sit as a member of the criminal division of the Court of Appeal on the hearing of, or shall determine any application in proceedings incidental or preliminary to, an appeal against—
(a) a conviction before himself or a court of which he was a member; or
(b) a sentence passed by himself or such a court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/section/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-act-1981/section-56
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