Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal

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appellate court court in England and Wales court of law

The Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal is a senior appellate court in England and Wales that hears appeals in criminal cases from the Crown Court and certain other tribunals.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)	7
Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal canonical	4
Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Criminal Division)	1
Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales	1
the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9136563 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal
Context triple: [Senior Courts of England and Wales, includesDivision, Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal]

A. Criminal Division of the High Court
The Criminal Division of the High Court is a specialized arm of Uganda’s High Court responsible for handling serious criminal cases and related judicial matters nationwide.
B. General Division of the High Court
The General Division of the High Court is a key superior court in Singapore’s judicial system that hears major civil and criminal cases, as well as appeals from lower courts.
C. Appeals Division
The Appeals Division is the branch of the International Criminal Court’s judiciary responsible for reviewing and deciding challenges to trial judgments and sentences.
D. Appeals Division
The Appeals Division is a specialized unit within the New York County District Attorney’s Office responsible for handling appellate litigation and reviewing convictions and legal rulings from trial courts.
E. Criminal division
The Criminal Division is the branch of the Superior Court of California, County of Napa that handles the prosecution and adjudication of criminal cases, including felonies and misdemeanors.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal
Target entity description: The Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal is a senior appellate court in England and Wales that hears appeals in criminal cases from the Crown Court and certain other tribunals.

A. Criminal Division of the High Court
The Criminal Division of the High Court is a specialized arm of Uganda’s High Court responsible for handling serious criminal cases and related judicial matters nationwide.
B. General Division of the High Court
The General Division of the High Court is a key superior court in Singapore’s judicial system that hears major civil and criminal cases, as well as appeals from lower courts.
C. Appeals Division
The Appeals Division is a specialized unit within the New York County District Attorney’s Office responsible for handling appellate litigation and reviewing convictions and legal rulings from trial courts.
D. Appeals Division
The Appeals Division is the branch of the International Criminal Court’s judiciary responsible for reviewing and deciding challenges to trial judgments and sentences.
E. Criminal division
The Criminal Division is the branch of the Superior Court of California, County of Napa that handles the prosecution and adjudication of criminal cases, including felonies and misdemeanors.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court in England and Wales ⓘ court of law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) ⓘ linked to: Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal
appellateTo	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesLaw	criminal law of England and Wales ⓘ criminal procedure rules of England and Wales ⓘ
canOrder	quashing of conviction ⓘ retrial ⓘ substitution of conviction ⓘ variation of sentence ⓘ
composition	High Court judges ⓘ Lord Justices of Appeal ⓘ linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal senior circuit judges ⓘ
country	England and Wales ⓘ
courtType	senior appellate court ⓘ
establishedUnder	Judicature Acts framework ⓘ linked to: Judicature Acts
handles	appeals against conviction ⓘ appeals against sentence ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ references by the Attorney General ⓘ references by the Criminal Cases Review Commission ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	criminal appeals from the Crown Court in England and Wales ⓘ
hasDivision	full court ⓘ single judge ⓘ
headedBy	Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Crown Court ⓘ linked to: Crown Court of England and Wales certain tribunals ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Criminal Appeal Act 1968 ⓘ Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
legalSystem	legal system of England and Wales ⓘ
levelOfCourt	intermediate appellate court ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England United Kingdom ⓘ
location	Royal Courts of Justice, London ⓘ linked to: Royal Courts of Justice
partOf	Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ Senior Courts of England and Wales ⓘ
presidingJudge	Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) ⓘ
sitsAt	Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) courtrooms ⓘ
standardOfReview	interests of justice ⓘ safety of conviction ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
subjectMatter	criminal law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Senior Courts of England and Wales → includesDivision → Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal ⓘ

Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → contrastedWith → Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

subject linked to: Civil Division