“…right to refuse permission to appeal, since if he was Nigeria cannot satisfy that criterion: see for example [50] of my judgment in Ceredigion Recycling v Pope [2022] EWCA Civ 22. Accordingly, at the outset of the hearing we asked Mr Hussain KC to concentrate his oral submissions on the merits of Nigeria’s proposed appeal.…”
“…That was followed in Ceredigion Recycling & Furniture Team v Pope [2022] EWCA Civ 22, in which an attempt was made to outflank CPR rule 52.30 by reliance on CPR rule 3.1 (7) in order to re-open a refusal of permission to appeal.…”
“…tion. The substantive conditions for its exercise are stringent: see r 52.30(1) and the jurisprudence summarised in Ceredigion Recycling & Furniture Team v Pope[2022] EWCA Civ 22 [41]-[46]. The applicant must show a powerful probability of a significant injustice. To do so, it is necessary to show – for instance – that the court failed …”