High Court Appeals Office

How to find us | What we do | Jurisdiction

How to find us

Our office opening hours are from 10.00am to 4.30pm and telephones are manned from 9.00am to 5.00pm.

We are based in the West Green Building of the Royal Courts of Justice in Room WG 07.

Contact Telephone Number: 0207 947 7354/7383/7518
Contact Fax No: 0207 947 7352

What we do

The High Court Appeals Office was set up in April 2000.

The work of this section is varied as it involves:

• the issue of appeals in fast track claims
• appeals in Part 8 claims, and appeals in case management decisions in multi-track claims.

In addition appeals are also processed for those that have not formally been allocated to a track along with a number of statutory appeals and appeals by way of case stated.

Appeals lodged in the High Court Appeals Office are heard before a single High Court Judge of the Chancery or Queens Bench Division.

An Appeal / Permission to Appeal application should be made using Form N161

The fee payable to issue an Appeal / Permission to Appeal application is £200.00

The appeals procedure is governed by Practice Direction of CPR Part 52

Jurisdiction

The High Court Appeals Office has jurisdiction for the following appeals:

• An appeal against the decision of a Chancery or Queens Bench Master of the High Court
• An appeal against the decision of a Circuit Judge in the South Eastern Region, providing that this decision is not already the subject of an Appeal from a District Judge.
• Appeals against the decision of a Costs Master at the Supreme Court Costs Office (this is dependent on the level of the presiding Costs Master, i.e. if the Costs Master was sitting in the capacity of a District Judge when the decision was made, the appeal will lie to a Circuit Judge).
• An appeal against the decision of a District Judge made at a District Registry in the South Eastern Region.
• An appeal against the decision of a Bankruptcy Registrar or a County Court Judge under the Insolvency Act 1986.
  Form PDIP1 should be used
• An appeal against a High Court Registrar under orders concerning the Companies Act 1985 and the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.
• Various statutory appeals to the High Court which include:
  
  • VAT & Duties Tribunal
  • Special Commissioners of the Inland Revenue
  • Trademarks Registry
  • The Pensions Ombudsman
  • Patents Court
  • Special Commissioner
  • General Commissioner
  • The Land Registry
  • The Lands Tribunal
  • Charity Commission

  Application Notices (Form N244) are also issued in connection with any existing appeal that has been previously filed.

The fee payable for this type of application is:

£75.00 with Notice
£40.00 without Notice