Appeal/Revision

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What is an Appeal?

An appeal is whereby an individual petition for the case to be heard in a new court. In most cases, the case is heard on a higher court from the lower one. In simple terms, an unsuccessful party in a case decides to take the case to a higher court to seek for reversal of a decision made by a lower court. The party that files an appeal believes that there were errors made either on the laws or facts raised.

The agenda of the higher court going to rehear the case which is commonly known as the appellate court is to review the decision previously made by another court by focusing on the legal issues and reasons that led to the decision. The party that files the appeal is known as the appellant and has the statutory right to an appeal. The appellant is required to register for an appeal with the supporting documents in the given time limit by statute for it to be successful.

What Is a Revision?

Revision is the re-examination of legal actions. They may be some assumptions made illegally, non-exercise or exercise of jurisdiction irregularly by a lower court. In this case,, therefore, a higher court re-examines the decisions made by a lower court to know whether all the legal actions were exercised.

Unlike the appeal, revision is not a statutory right. The superior court therefore can decide to examine or not examine a decision made by a lower court. The main primary purpose of a revision is to make sure that justice has been administered properly and also to correct any errors that could have led to improper justice.

If the higher court finds that the legal procedures were followed to arrive at a decision, then no changes are made no matter how unreasonable the decision may appear. Revision is basically reworking and rewriting.