When is the deadline for appeal to the crown court against conviction or sentence?
The catalogue records a 15 days period from Sentence, the date sentence is deferred, or the date of committal for sentence, whichever is earlier (appeal against conviction); sentence (appeal against sentence); or the order or failure to make an order (other cases). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- 15 days
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- Sentence, the date sentence is deferred, or the date of committal for sentence, whichever is earlier (appeal against conviction); sentence (appeal against sentence); or the order or failure to make an order (other cases)
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- Extendable. Rule 34.2(3)(a) expressly requires the appellant to serve with the appeal notice any application for an extension of the time limit, with reasons, if the notice is late. Extensions for modest delay with a proper explanation are commonly granted, so this operates as a case-management date rather than a hard bar.
- CURRENCY WARNING: the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 (SI 2025/909) came into force on 6 October 2025 and replaced the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 (SI 2020/759). Any reference to CrimPR 2020 rule 34.2 is now out of date, though the substance of the 15-business-day limit is carried over. Confidence is medium because the retrieved text of rule 34.2(2) was returned in partly restr