Court of Appeal

In cases of great urgency, this court is often de facto, the final court of appeal.
             Reforms; To give up harmful or immoral practices; persuade to adopt a better way of life, can said to be the key word in the development of law. It can be said that reforms have been in the system during late 1800's, and early 1200's. An example would be Magna Carta; which granted liberties to Englishmen under the rule of King John (1215), and is one of the most famous and most important documents ever written. Which later went through reforms in 1216, 1217 and 1225, because with time thoughts were changing, demands and need for justice were increasing and awareness was slowly building in the society.
             Similarly when the concept of court of appeal was established by the Judicature Act (JdA) 1873, critics raised various draw backs of the system. Various master of rolls pin pointed problems which the system is facing, and which the system is likely to face in the future. Many of these master made review reports of the court of appeal, which contained recommendations for the betterment of court of appeal. .
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             Access to Justice Act 1999- reforms to the appeal process, was a major outcome of the delay in hearing certain categories of appeal in the civil division of the court of appeal and its reaching a level which is inconsistent with the due administration of justice. As a result review reports were made. .
             An important report of Lord Woolf on procedural reform of the civil justice system, "Access to Justice", was commissioned by the Lord Chancellor in 1994, and the Final Report was published in July 1996.