Filing a criminal appeal to the Court of Appeal requires careful consideration of many factors, not the least of which is the likelihood of success.  In her paper, this experienced counsel provides advice on issues like whether to appeal, and how and when to do it, She also provides specific advice on both conviction appeals and sentence appeals, including considerations relating to bail hearings pending appeal, factum preparation, the oral hearing and the post-hearing.  Lastly, she discusses special circumstances like introducing new evidence and arguing, as a ground of appeal, the incompetence of counsel in the court below.

This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Court of Appeal Practice program in October, 2015.