On the other hand, in 2012, 11
substantive appeals in which leave to appeal had been given were allowed and 13 dismissed.
Leaving aside leave applications, the actual number
of substantive appeals heard and disposed of currently is much smaller than that: 22 in 2012 and 16 in 2013.
He directed that the appellants should raise the issues in their interlocutory appea ls in when they
file substantive appeals which they wish to file against the Court of Appeal's judgment delivered on Thursday.
In
his substantive appeal to the Supreme Court against the appeal court judgment, Saraki maintained that the panel of the CCT was not well constituted because it comprised two members instead of three provided for by law.
Judgment was handed down on 8 May 2008,
the substantive appeal having been heard on 4 March 2008.
Hearing around 20
substantive appeals a year the Court's work can be compared with the corresponding number of 60 in both the House of Lords (now Supreme Court) and the High Court of Australia.
At
a substantive appeal hearing, the learned judge found that while there was some merit in the appeal, on balance the appeal could not succeed.
LLOYD LJ: His lordship dealt with
the substantive appeal on the facts.
He is also an experienced Court of Appeal advocate both on
substantive appeals and applications for permission to appeal.
Even the majority who ordered it thought that there had been no point in the Supreme Court seeing the closed judgment, because there was nothing in it which could have affected its reasoning on
the substantive appeal.
These decisions result from an application before a justice in chambers from a person who seeks permission to proceed with
a substantive appeal of an administrative decision.
Prior to
that substantive appeal, the Court of Appeal heard the instant case regarding PCOs.