By Maria Ward-Brennan Former Libor trader Tom Hayes‘ application to take his case to the highest court in the land was denied by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday morning. Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court was refused by the Court of Appeal, however, the court did certified that a point of law of general public importance was involved in their decision. The court stated that it should be for the Supreme Court to decide whether the point of law is one which it ought to consider in the light of the consistent series of decisions of the Court of Appeal. Former UBS and Citigroup trader Hayes …