Appeals: Last chance

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | Family Law Journal | May 2015 #146
Edward Floyd looks at the court’s jurisdiction where permission to appeal has already been refused and the meaning of a real prospect of success ‘It is important to recognise the distinction between the test for granting permission to appeal and the more rigorous test for granting or refusing a substantive appeal.’ In McHugh v McHugh …

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Appeals: Limited options

Pannone, part of Slater & Gordon | Family Law Journal | October 2014 #140
Katie Lowe looks at the revised procedure for appeals and practice points for practitioners ‘The court is bound by the interpretation given to the phrase “real prospect of success”, namely that a party must show a realistic, rather than fanciful, prospect of success.’ Cases that involve advising on appeal are generally few and far between. …

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