What is "court of appeal"

A court of appeal is an appellate court.

Court of Appeal may refer to:

In Australia:

• Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal, name used by the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory exercising its appeal jurisdiction
• Court of Appeal of New South Wales
• Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal
• Court of Appeal of the Northern Territory of Australia
• Supreme Court of Queensland, Court of Appeal
• Supreme Court of Western Australia, Court of Appeal

In Belgium:

• Court of Appeal (Belgium)

In Canada:

• Alberta Court of Appeal
• British Columbia Court of Appeal
• Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
• Manitoba Court of Appeal
• Court of Appeal of New Brunswick
• Supreme Court of Newfoundland (Court of Appeal)
• Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
• Court of Appeal for Ontario
• Quebec Court of Appeal
• Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
• Court of Appeal of the Yukon Territory

In Cameroon:

• Court of Appeal of Cameroon

In Fiji:

• Court of Appeal of Fiji

In France:

• Court of Appeal of Paris

In Hong Kong:

• Court of Appeal (Hong Kong)

In Ireland:

• Court of Appeal (Ireland)

In Malaysia:

• Court of Appeal (Malaysia)

In New Zealand:

• Court of Appeal of New Zealand

In Norway:

• Gulating Court of Appeal

In South Africa:

• Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

In Sweden:

• Svea Court of Appeal

In the United Kingdom:

• Court of Appeal in Chancery (no longer in existence)
• Court of Appeal of England and Wales
• Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)

In the United States of America:

• California Court of Appeal
• Florida District Courts of Appeal
  • Florida First District Court of Appeal
  • Florida Second District Court of Appeal
  • Florida Third District Court of Appeal
  • Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal
  • Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal
• Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal

Nongovernmental:

• FIA International Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong is the second most senior court in the Hong Kong legal system. It deals with appeals on all civil and criminal cases from the Court of First Instance and the District Court. It is one of two courts that makes up the High Court of Hong Kong (which was formerly known as the Supreme Court of Hong Kong). Sometimes criminal appeals from Magistrates' Courts with general public importance are also dealt with in the Court of Appeal, either by referral by a single judge from the Court of First Instance, or upon granting of leave on application for review by the Secretary for Justice.

This court also hears appeals from the Lands Tribunal and various tribunals and statutory bodies.

The current president of the Court of Appeal is Andrew Cheung, Chief Judge of the High Court.

The Court of Appeal in Belgium is a court which hears appeals against decisions of the Court of First Instance and the Commercial Court. Unlike the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal isn't divided into different divisions. There are five Courts of Appeal in Belgium. Each Court of Appeal hears appeals against the decisions of the Courts of First Instance and the Commercial Courts of the judicial arrondissements within its jurisdiction. The Court of Appeal doesn't hear appeals against decisions of the Labour Court. Decisions of Labour Courts can only be appealed against to the Court of Labour.

The Court of Appeal of Antwerp has jurisdiction over the provinces of Antwerp and Limburg, and has a second seat in Tongeren, that of Brussels has jurisdiction over the Brussels-Capital Region and the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant, that of Ghent has jurisdiction over the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders, that of Liège has jurisdiction over the provinces of Liège, Namur and Luxembourg, and that of Mons has jurisdiction over the province of Hainaut.

The Courts of Appeal of Antwerp and Ghent hear appeals in Dutch, that of Mons hears appeals in French and that of Brussels hears appeals in both Dutch and French. The Court of Appeal of Liège hears appeals in French, but can also hear appeals in German.

The Court of Appeal is a court in Ireland that sits between the High Court and Supreme Court and took over the existing appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in 2014. It replaces the Court of Criminal Appeal and the Courts-Martial Appeal Court (subject to transitional provisions). Appeals to the Supreme Court are at that Court's discretion.

The court of appeal (, lit. ‘lawman's court’) is the second level of courts of justice in Norway, reviewing criminal and civil cases appealed from the district courts. There are six courts of appeal, each covering a jurisdiction and based in a city. Each court is led by a senior judge president (lagman) and several appellate judges (lagdommer). The courts are administrated by the Norwegian National Courts Administration. Decisions from civil and criminal matters, except the question of guilt, can be appealed from the courts of appeal to the Supreme Court.

In France, the cour d’appel (court of appeal) of the ordre judiciaire (judiciary) is a juridiction de droit commun du second degré, a (court of second-degree common law). It examines previously-judged litigation, for example from the correctional tribunal or a tribunal de grande instance. When one of the parties is not satisfied with the verdict, it can appeal. While communications from jurisdictions of first instance are termed "jugements", or judgments, a court of appeal renders an arrêt (verdict), which may either uphold or annul the initial judgment. A verdict of the court of appeal may be further appealed en cassation. If the appeal is admissible at the cour de cassation, that court does not re-judge the facts of the matter a third time, but may investigate and verify whether the rules of law were properly applied by the lower courts.

French territories currently contain 36 courts of appeal, of which six are overseas, and a tribunal supérieur d'appel on Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

In France itself, each court governs several départements or similar territories, generally two to four. The courts are often established in the same cities as the former Parlements, the court jurisdictions of the Ancien Régime.