Section 76 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Applications for leave

76 Applications for leave (1) The parties to an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court may make written submissions to the court, and may include in the submissions— (a) additional relevant written material; and (b) responses to submissions made by another party. (2) Neither the parties nor their representatives have a right to appear before the court on the application; but the court may, if it thinks fit,— (a) authorise the parties, their representatives, or both to appear: (b) exclude from any authority to appear a party who is an appellant in custody. (3) In determining the application, the court must consider— (a) the written submissions before it; and (b) if an oral hearing was held, the matters raised at the hearing. (4) The court may consider the written submissions in any manner it thinks fit. Compare: 2003 No 53 s 15