A successful party at first instance cannot use UCPR r 51.9(1)(b) or r 1.12 to apply to the Court of Appeal to shorten the three-month period within which a putative appellant who has filed a notice of intention to appeal may file a notice of appeal; the rule only authorises variation of the period once an appeal has been commenced.
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