The High Court as de facto Court Of Appeal: A revisitation of leave requirements in the criminal and family court jurisdictions

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

5-2019

Abstract

The High Court almostalways sits in its judicial capacity with a single Judge. The exceptions arelimited. This article is concerned with the expanded constitution of the HighCourt in the exercise of its criminal and family court jurisdictions, and with the opinion expressed in some recent cases that the enlarged three-judge panelof the High Court might in these contexts be viewed as a de facto Court of Appeal. Upon a contemplation of the consequencessaid to result from such occasional expansions of the court, it is suggested inthis article that the practice, while defensibly founded on practicalnecessity, should also lead to consideration of another method that could achievethe same outcome.

Discipline

Courts | Public Law and Legal Theory

Publication

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies

Issue

Mar 2019

First Page

108

Last Page

123

ISSN

0218-2173

Publisher

National University of Singapore

Comments

note: author selected 'NO' for submit IR. Changed because no full text.

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