Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (EWCA)
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, City of Westminster, London
Established	1 November 1875[1]
Jurisdiction	England and Wales
Location	Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, City of Westminster, London, UK
Composition method	Appointment by the Monarch on recommendation of the Lord Chancellor who receive a recommendation from the Judicial Appointments Commission
Authorised by	Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877 Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1891 Criminal Appeal Act 1907 Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1935 Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1938 Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1944 Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1959 Senior Courts Act 1981 (originally entitled Supreme Court Act 1981) Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Appeals to	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Appeals from	Crown Court County Court High Court of Justice Family Court
Judge term length	Mandatory retirement at age 75
Number of positions	44
Website	https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/court-of-appeal-home/
Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
Currently	The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill
Since	1 October 2023
Lead position ends	1 September 2039
Jurist term ends	1 September 2039
Master of the Rolls
Currently	Sir Geoffrey Vos
Since	11 January 2021
Jurist term ends	22 April 2030

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The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England",^[2] commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.^[3] The Court of Appeal was created in 1875,^[4] and today comprises 39 Lord Justices of Appeal and Lady Justices of Appeal.^[4]

The court has two divisions, Criminal and Civil, led by the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls respectively. Criminal appeals are heard in the Criminal Division, and civil appeals in the Civil Division. The Criminal Division hears appeals from the Crown Court, while the Civil Division hears appeals from the County Court, High Court of Justice and Family Court. Permission to appeal is normally required from either the lower court or the Court of Appeal itself; and with permission, further appeal may lie to the Supreme Court. Its decisions are binding on all courts, including itself, apart from the Supreme Court.