Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
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
Citation
LAU, Kwan Ho.
The High Court as de facto Court Of Appeal: A revisitation of leave requirements in the criminal and family court jurisdictions. (2019). Singapore Journal of Legal Studies. 108-123.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2930
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note: author selected 'NO' for submit IR. Changed because no full text.