Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

12.   Grant of leave to appeal

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    (1)   The Court of Appeal may grant leave to appeal to an applicant in accordance with this section.

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    (2)   Leave to appeal —

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      (a)     shall be granted to an applicant upon the condition that the appellant, within a period to be fixed by the Court of Appeal or the Court, but not exceeding 90 days from the date of the hearing of the application for leave to appeal, enters into good and sufficient security, to the satisfaction of the Court of Appeal or the Court, for the due prosecution of the appeal, and the payment of all such costs as may become payable to the respondent in the event of —

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        (i)     the appellant not obtaining an order granting final leave to appeal;

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        (ii)     the appeal being dismissed for non-prosecution; or

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        (iii)     the Court ordering the appellant to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal; and

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      (b)     upon such other conditions as the Court of Appeal, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, may consider reasonable as the time necessary for the appellant to procure the preparation of the record and the dispatch thereof to the Court.