Susan Denham directs 258 appeals to Court of Appeal

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Chief Justice Susan Denham directed 258 appeals to the new Court of Appeal on 29 October 2014, before a full sitting of the Supreme Court.

The direction followed the court’s establishment on 28 October 2014 and specified which appeals would transfer. A further 327 appeals certified as ready for hearing were retained by the Supreme Court.

The transferred cases included appeals from the Court of Criminal Appeal that had not been fully or partly heard. The new court was expected to sit for the first time the following week.

Nine judges were nominated for the new court, including Sean Ryan as president, while a ninth ordinary-judge vacancy remained to be filled.