Court Procedures Rules 2006

An application for a reference appeal must—

state the grounds of the application; and

state the question of law to be decided.

See approved form 5.22 (Supreme Court—application for reference appeal) AF2026-62.

An application for a reference appeal must be filed in the Supreme Court not later than 6 weeks after the day the trial ends, or not later than any further time the court allows.

Part 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for further time as if—

a reference to an application in a proceeding were a reference to an application for further time; and

any other necessary changes were made.

If the applicant wants to present the applicant’s case in writing under part 5.8 (Written cases), the application must state that the applicant wants to do so.