Appeals Seminar
20th November 2017
This seminar will provide practitioners with the following:
- Overcoming family lawyers’ natural inertia in respect of appeals.
- How to decide whether to appeal.
- Routes of appeal
- Time limit for appeal (interim/final; civil/family)
- Legal Aid for appeals: when is it available, and keeping in touch with the legal aid office
- Representation: certificates for 2 counsel
- Seeking leave to appeal
- Permission skeleton arguments
- Appeal Bundles
- Applying for a stay of the order under appeal
- Applying to amend grounds of appeal – in and out of time
- What is admissible on appeal?
- The importance of keeping in touch with the civil appeals office
- The appeal hearing: what to expect and advocacy tips
- Judgments and orders
- Costs
- Approving the transcribed judgment. Observing the embargo
- Second appeals – higher test for leave
- Re – hearings
CPD Points: 2 CPD points
Date: 20th November 2017
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: St Bride’s Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ