(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the Family Division of the High Court shall, when exercising any jurisdiction referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b), have all the powers of the High Court in the exercise of its original civil jurisdiction.
Appellate civil jurisdiction of High Court exercisable through Family Division
23.—(1) The part of the appellate civil jurisdiction of the High Court which shall be exercised through the Family Division shall consist of—
- (a) the hearing of appeals from Family Courts when exercising jurisdiction of a quasi-criminal or civil nature; and
- (b) the hearing of appeals and special cases from the Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the High Court from any decision of a Family Court exercising jurisdiction of a quasi-criminal or civil nature.
(3) An appeal to the High Court from a decision of a Family Court—
- (a) may be heard before one Judge or 3 Judges; and
- (b) if heard before 3 Judges, shall be decided in accordance with the opinion of the majority of the Judges composing the High Court.
(4) No Judge shall sit in the High Court on the hearing of, or determine any application in proceedings incidental or preliminary to—
- (a) an appeal from a judgment or an order made by him as the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts; or
- (b) any proceedings relating to any judgment, order or direction made by him as the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts.
