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The Court of Appeal dismissed a preliminary objection, held the notice of appeal was not defective, and allowed the appellant to file a properly drawn decree.
The High Court struck out a criminal appeal after finding the notice of appeal was filed in the wrong court, so the court was not properly moved.
The notice of appeal was incurably defective for indicating an incorrect registration number of the High Court Criminal Appeal sought to be appealed against, rendering the appeal incompetent before the Court.
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The Court of Appeal struck out a criminal appeal after finding the notice of appeal fatally defective for misstating the statutory provisions for rape and unnatural offence.
The Court held the appeal incompetent for a defective notice of appeal, but also found the trial a nullity because different magistrates heard the case without recorded reasons.
The application to amend the notice of appeal is incompetent because the underlying notice of appeal is fatally defective for failure to comply with the mandatory requirements of Rule 83(6) of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2009, specifically the omission of the words 'intend to appeal.'
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The notice of appeal was incurably defective for failing to state the correct nature of the offence, rendering the appeal incompetent and necessitating its being struck out.
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The Court of Appeal struck out a criminal appeal as incompetent because the notice of appeal was fatally defective in its citations and description of the decision appealed from.
The Court of Appeal struck out a criminal appeal as incompetent because the notice of appeal was defective and no certificate on a point of law had been obtained.
The Court of Appeal struck out a criminal appeal after finding the notices of appeal were defective and referred to a non-existent matter, making the appeal incompetent.
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