# The Supreme Court Rules 2024, Rule 23: Cross appeals


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, a respondent who wishes to argue that the order appealed from should be varied must obtain permission to cross-appeal from the Court and must pay the appropriate fee.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where—
(a) leave is required from the Court of Session for an appeal from that court, or
(b) an appeal lies to the Court as of right.
(3) An application to the Court for permission to cross appeal must be filed by the respondent within 14 days of the respondent filing a notice of acknowledgment under rule 22(1).
(4) Part 3 of these Rules applies (with appropriate modifications) to an application to the Court for permission to cross-appeal and (if practicable) applications for permission to appeal and to cross-appeal shall be considered together by the same panel of Justices.
(5) Where there is a cross-appeal, this Part of these Rules applies with appropriate modifications and in particular—
(a) either the application for permission to cross-appeal to the Court shall stand as a notice of cross-appeal, or such a notice (in the appropriate form) must be filed and served within 42 days of the grant by the Court of permission to appeal or of the filing of the notice of appeal;
(b) there must be a single statement of facts and issues and a single key documents bundle (divided if necessary into parts) in respect of the appeal and the cross-appeal; and
(c) the appellant must remain primarily responsible for the preparation of all the documents for the appeal and for providing information to the Registrar under rule 26.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/949/rule/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-rules-2024/rule-23
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