Jurisdiction
Applications for permission to appeal a ruling of an inferior court (usually from the Crown Court in criminal matters and the High Court of Justice in civil matters but in some instances from a County Court) are heard by a single Lord Justice of Appeal. A full appeal is heard by three Lord Justices of Appeal in the Civil Division. In the Criminal Division, a single Lord Justice of Appeal hears appeals against conviction with two other judges of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (typically, two High Court judges, or one High Court judge and one senior circuit judge). Appeals against sentence may be heard by a single Lord Justice of Appeal with another judge, or by two High Court judges.
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