12 Feb 2019
Leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was refused because the applicant failed to identify any question of great general or public importance under s.22(1)(b), raised points that were new or case‑specific and not argued previously, and her asserted risk of harm on return was unarguable; therefore the statutory requirement for leave was not satisfied.
21 Aug 2008
The court exercised its discretion to refuse the defendants' application to vary the costs order nisi and made the costs order nisi absolute because the plaintiff was only partially successful, the limited relief depended on clause 17.4 not originally relied on, and there was no sufficient reason to reserve costs to the trial judge; therefore costs of the application (including relevant correspondence and today's hearing) are to be costs in the cause.
1 Oct 1976
Applications for bail pending appeal should ordinarily be made first to the trial magistrate under s.119; when brought to the High Court they require an affidavit detailing grounds of appeal and material facts (and where against sentence, facts found to show gravity); there is no implied right to bail after conviction and the applicant must usually demonstrate a high likelihood of success and substantial injustice if detained.