The rules on applications for appeals out of time have changed fundamentally. The court can no longer look at these by applying strict rules, but each case had to be looked at from the point of view of how justice could be achieved, allowing for the length of any delay, the merits of the appeal, the effect of the delay on public administration, the resources of the parties, and prejudice to the parties from any delay.
Citations:
Gazette 17-Feb-2000
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Civil Procedure Rules
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.79382
