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UK Supreme Court appeals (from 2 December 2024): hearing arrangements, live streaming, judgments, orders, costs and enforcement under the Supreme Court Rules 2024; transitional provisions for pre-2 December appeals

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Practice notes

This Practice Note sets out guidance on the conduct of appeal hearings and on the Supreme Court’s judgments and orders. For information on listing, see Practice Note: Supreme Court—starting and preparation for the appeal—on or after 2 December 2024—Listing of the appeal. In this Practice Note, references to the Supreme Court Rules 2024 are shortened to 'SCR'.

Appeals before 2 December 2024

This Practice Note governs appeals to the Supreme Court where an application for permission to appeal, or a notice of appeal, was lodged on or after 2 December 2024, the date on which the SCR took effect (SCR 1). The SCR 2009 (described here as the ‘old SCR’) are revoked on that date (SCR 62(2)). Nevertheless, the old SCR continue to govern:

appeals that were already on foot before 2 December 2024
applications for permission to appeal under rule 11 of the old SCR (filing of application for permission to appeal) lodged before 2 December 2024, and
notices of appeal under rule 19 of the old SCR (filing of notice where permission not required) lodged before 2 December 2024 (SCR 62(1))

Note, however, that the court...

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