Is it normal for district judges first instance decisions to be appealed to circuit judges in other locations?
<p>A <a href="http://nearlylegal.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LB-Hackney-v-Pavey-Judgment-of-HHJ-Luba-QC-21.11.17.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">judgment</a> from clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court district judge (swan) was appealed to a circuit (?) judge in central London (Luba).</p>
<p>Isn’t the point of a circuit judge that they are the more senior appellate judges in a given location of the county court? How would it have “skipped” over from C&amp;S to central London?</p>

<p>See <a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part52/practice-direction-52b-appeals-in-the-county-courts-and-high-court" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Practice Direction 52B</a>:</p>
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<p>The venue for an appeal within the County Court will be determined by the <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/leadership-judges/designated-civil-judges/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Designated Civil Judge</a> and may be different from the appeal centre.</p>
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