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Conditions for the grant of special leave

Effect of failure to seek special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in respect of an order of the Court of Appeal dismissing a repeat application for stay of execution

Grounds upon which the Supreme Court's jurisdiction may be invoked for special leave

Need for an applicant for special leave to comply with the rules of court

Prerequisites for the grant of special leave to appeal under article 131(2) of the 1992 Constitution

Principles guiding the grant of special leave

The nature of a special leave application

The tests to be passed by an applicant for special leave

What an applicant for special leave must prove

What special leave connotes

Whether an appeal from a decision of the Court Martial Appeal Court can lie to the Supreme Court upon the grant of a special leave

Whether an applicant seeking special leave to appeal to the Supreme Court must have sought leave first in the Court of Appeal

Whether an application to the Supreme Court for special leave to appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal is a fruitless second bite at the cherry

Whether special leave is required in an appeal against an interlocutory order

Whether special leave is required in an appeal to the Supreme Court where a conviction was in a court lower than the High Court

Whether special leave is required to appeal from the orders of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council

Whether the Court of Appeal can grant special leave where there was no refusal of the lower court to grant such application

Whether the exercise of the discretion to grant special leave is dependent on any rule of court or on any Act of Parliament

Whether the right to appeal to the Supreme Court in respect of an order of the Court of Appeal, dismissing a repeat application for stay of execution is one exercisable by special leave

Whether there is a form for applying for special leave under rule 7(4) of CI 16

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