What are the time limits for sending in my appeal?
Form NG must be sent to the Crown Court or, if you are in custody, handed to a Prison Officer, within 28 days from the date of your conviction (for appeals against conviction) or within 28 days from the date of your sentence (for appeals against sentence). If you are going to be outside those time limits, you need to ask for an “extension of time” (i.e. permission to send the form in late). You need to send in form NG containing your grounds of appeal and also the reasons why you were late in sending the form in. We cannot accept reasons for an extension of time on their own without the grounds of appeal (Rule 2 of the Criminal Appeal Rules 1968).
