APNU today said that on the 22nd January 2014, Attorney for the Leader of the Opposition, Basil Williams, filed an application for leave to move to the Court of Appeal after the Full Court ruled that it had no jurisdiction in the matter of the striking out of Brigadier David Granger by Chief Justice Ian Chang in the Budget cut case as a defendant. Today, APNU said that the matter came up before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and Justice Rishi Persaud and after a short hearing leave was granted for an appeal to the Appellate Court