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Court of Appeal

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Court of Appeal

UK law court comprising a Civil Division and a Criminal Division, set up under the Criminal Appeals Act 1968. The Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal has the power to revise (alter) sentences or quash a conviction on the grounds that in all the circumstances of the case the verdict is unsafe or unsatisfactory, or that the judgement of the original trial judge was wrong in law, or that there was a material irregularity during the course of the trial.

The Court of Appeal in 1991 had a backlog of appeals by people charged and prosecuted by the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad, which was disbanded for corruption.



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He ordered also that there should be a particular court of appeal, into which all causes might be removed which were supposed to have been unjustly determined elsewhere; which court should be composed of old men chosen for that purpose.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
The unfortunate artist had no court of appeal that he could turn to.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
But at last the High Court of Appeal went into it and the poor fellow was acquitted and put under proper care.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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