The right to seek leave to appeal from the County Court to the Court of Appeal lies exclusively in s 74 of the County Court Act 1958, not in s 10(1)(c) of the Supreme Court Act 1986. Section 10(1)(c) confers jurisdiction but does not provide an independent avenue of appeal. Consequently, only 'judgments' or 'orders' — being judicial acts that finally dispose of the parties' rights and liabilities — are appealable. Incidental rulings made by a judge in the course of a hearing, including observations about the approach to be adopted to the evidence, do not constitute 'judgments' or 'orders' and cannot be the subject of an application for leave to appeal. The question whether appeals under s 74 must also satisfy ss 14A-14D of the Supreme Court Act remains unresolved.
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