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1. (Supreme Court) The procedure for appealing direct to the Supreme Court from the High Court or a Divisional Court, bypassing the Court of Appeal. The procedure is only allowed in exceptional cases.

In the courts of England and Wales, a 'leapfrog' appeal is a special and relatively rare form of appeal in which a case which was heard by the High Court in its capacity as a trial court, an appellate court or as a source of judicial review is appealed directly to the Supreme Court (skipping the Court of Appeal).

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ('Supreme Court') Usually it is necessary to apply to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal. An “Appeals Committee” of three Supreme Court Justices will decide whether to grant permission to appeal or not.

Appeals to the Supreme Court can be made from either the Court of Appeal or the Administrative Court. Applications for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court must first be made to the Administrative Court or Court of Appeal, as appropriate. If permission is refused, application should be made to the Supreme Court.

If one can make the argument that the facts of the two cases are sufficiently different, then one need not follow the past decision, as the two case are not similar enough to necessarily arrive at the same decision. A final way in which courts can depart from precedent is to overrule past decisions.

In the courts of England and Wales, a 'leapfrog' appeal is a special and relatively rare form of appeal in which a case which was heard by the High Court in its capacity as a trial court, an appellate court or as a source of judicial review is appealed directly to the Supreme Court, or previously the House of Lords ( ...

The Inner House or the Supreme Court may grant permission for an appeal only if the Inner House or, as the case may be, the Supreme Court considers that the appeal raises an arguable point of law of general public importance which ought to be considered by the Supreme Court at that time 13.