“…ld be amended under the slip rule. The suggestion that it is not an order depends partly on some passing remarks by Lord Halsbury in Lane & Ors v Esdaile & Ors [1891] AC 210, which were not actually the grounds of decision, and in any event were concerned with the construction of different statutory provisions in what must be admit…”
“…54(4) is the provision which bars any appeal from the grant or refusal of PTA, thereby giving statutory expression to the old common law rule in Lane v Esdaile [1891] AC 210. Where section 54(4) applies, it plainly prevails over section 16(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 because it provides “otherwise”. The words in brackets at th…”