[F1Assignment of appeals to the Court of AppealE+W
52.14—(1) Where the court from or to which an appeal is made or from which permission to appeal is sought (“the relevant court”) considers that—
(a)an appeal which is to be heard by a county court or the High Court would raise an important point of principle or practice; or
(b)there is some other compelling reason for the Court of Appeal to hear it,
the relevant court may order the appeal to be transferred to the Court of Appeal.
(The Master of the Rolls has the power to direct that an appeal which would be heard by a county court or the High Court should be heard instead by the Court of Appeal—see section 57 of the Access to Justice Act 1999)(1)
(2) The Master of the Rolls or the Court of Appeal may remit an appeal to the court in which the original appeal was or would have been brought.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 52 inserted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 5 (with rule 39(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2000/940, rules 1, 2)