The LSE review also demonstrates that wildly inaccurate figures have been published in the Daily Mail about the number
of successful appeals against deportation.
When the trial court ruled against the AG's office, we encouraged them to appeal, but unfortunately the
chances of a successful appeal under the federal Natural Gas Act were low.
As a result
of successful appeals brought by Imperial Tobacco and others, the OFT felt obliged to make a payment to the party who was given the assurance.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision, delivered in 2016, involved a former Virginia governor and was the
basis of a successful appeal of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» corruption conviction.
In the
event of a successful appeal, Council shall determine whether the relevant procedure can be correctly undertaken during the Congress or shall be conducted by correspondence, with a time limit of one year for its conclusion.
Weaver said that homeowners boost their chances
of a successful appeal when they can prove that appraisers compared their homes to the wrong properties when calculating a home's appraised value.
Applying the Mitchell / Denton principles, which the Court of Appeal held did apply, courts are likely to find that the delay in appealing out of time against an additional liabilities order is not trivial, but that there was a good reason for it, namely that an Act of Parliament and a decision of the House of Lords had all made any prospect
of successful appeals apparently hopeless — Callery v Gray [2002] UKHL 28, [2002] 3 All ER 417
The surprise voiced by practitioners at the outcome highlights the inherent risk in litigating in this area, and the
difficulties of a successful appeal where the trial judge has made findings on the evidence.
During the settlement process, the OFT was said to have given an assurance to another Early Resolution party to the effect that it could take the
benefit of any successful appeals brought by any appealing party.
Highlighting the extent to which civil servants make incorrect decisions, Sir Ernest Ryder, senior president of tribunals cited statistics on the number
of successful appeals made against them.
He said criminals pleading the right to a «family life» in the UK - because they had relatives in the country - under Article Eight of the European Convention on Human Rights, accounted for 89 %
of successful appeals against the government.