Appeals and Appellate Courts

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Across
  1. 4. Legal authorization required to launch an appeal.
  2. 7. Hears appeals from decisions made by District Judges.
  3. 8. Court hearing first appeals from Fast Track cases.
  4. 11. To reverse the decision of a lower court.
  5. 12. The party defending the original court decision.
  6. 13. Rare appeal bypassing the Court of Appeal completely.
  7. 15. The highest appellate court in the United Kingdom.
Down
  1. 1. Original trial judge whose small claim decision is appealed.
  2. 2. High Court panels that exercise appellate jurisdiction.
  3. 3. The party who files a legal appeal.
  4. 5. Strict tier requiring an important point of principle.
  5. 6. Standard nature of civil appeals rather than full rehearings.
  6. 9. Senior court hearing civil appeals from lower branches.
  7. 10. Term used when an appellate court agrees with a judgment.
  8. 14. The legal error or reason justifying an appeal.