Recent Developments Make Interlocutory Appeals More Accessible

Abstract

Virginia's General Assembly recently amended the statute governing interlocutory appeals to eliminate language creating a one-party veto and to permit interlocutory review of orders granting or denying immunity. Combined with the 2021 legislation creating appeals of right in the Court of Appeals of Virginia and a recent decision permitting interlocutory review of an extraordinary writ, this procedural overhaul has made interlocutory review more accessible than ever before in Virginia.

Keywords: appeal, appellate, interlocutory, appeal of right, by right, interlocutory review, procedure, appellate procedure, civil procedure, Virginia, General Assembly, immunity, Court of Appeals, statute, collateral order doctrine, federal