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(iii) in the case of a decision determining the case of a creditor or the liability of a contributory or other officer under any enactment relating to companies in respect of misfeasance or otherwise, (iv) in the case of a decree nisi in a matrimonial cause or a decision in an admiralty action determining liability, and (v) in such other cases as may be prescribed by any law in force in Nigeria. (2) Nothing in this section shall confer any right of appeal – (a) from a decision of the Federal High Court or any High Court granting unconditional leave to defend an action; (b) from an order absolute for the dissolution or nullity of marriage in favour of any party who, having had time and opportunity to appeal from the decree nisi on which the order was founded, has not appealed from that decree nisi; and (c) without the leave of the Federal High Court or a High Court or of the Court of Appeal, from a decision of the Federal High Court or High Court made with the consent of the parties or as to costs only. 242. Appeals with leave (1) Subject to the provisions of section 241 of this Constitution, an appeal shall lie from decisions of the Federal High Court or a High Court to the Court of Appeal with the leave of the Federal High Court or that High Court or the Court of Appeal. (2) The Court of Appeal may dispose of any application for leave to appeal from any decision of the Federal High Court or a High Court in respect of any civil or criminal proceedings in which an appeal has been brought to the Federal High Court or a High Court from any other court after consideration of the record of the proceedings, if the Court of Appeal is of the opinion that the interests of justice do not require an oral hearing of the application. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Updated with the First, Second , Third and Fourth Alterations 155