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A new appellate court could be introduced to ease the burden on the current Court of Appeal, which has seen its caseload increase by more than 50 per cent over the past five years. The Supreme Court will have to be restructured to enable this, and the Government is studying...

It will primarily hear cases that are likely to have"substantial consequences" to individuals or society, or that relate to its oversight of lower courts and tribunals or concern the general administration of justice.

Further appeals to the Court of Appeal for cases heard by the new appellate court may be allowed under stringent requirements"for example, where the appeal raises an arguable point of law of general public importance", he said.

 

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