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The Supreme Court of Judicature is Guyana's Supreme court. It exercises original jurisdiction over serious matters in Guyana of which a lower court (or, a magistrate's court) does not have the proper authority to operate and/or act on. [1] Both Criminal and Civil appeals are made to the Supreme Court before moving to an appeals court.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Legal affairs handles administrative responsibilities for the departments within the Ministry and is the Accounting Officer. The Advice and Litigation Division and the Drafting Division of the Attorney General's Chambers are headed by the Attorney General and Chief Parliamentary Counsel respectively.
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
The High Court consists of the Chief Justice as President of the Court supported by several Puisne Judges. There is a right of appeal from the Supreme Court to the Guyana Court of Appeal, which was established in 1966 and consists of the Chancellor as President of the Court assisted by the Chief Justice and several Justices of Appeal.
In criminal law, the right to counsel means a defendant has a legal right to have the assistance of counsel (i.e., lawyers) and, if the defendant cannot afford a lawyer, requires that the government appoint one or pay the defendant's legal expenses.
Guyana on Tuesday asked the World Court to issue an emergency order for Venezuela to stop a Dec. 3 referendum over its rights to a potentially oil-rich territory that has been the subject of a ...
Lionel Luckhoo (1968) Sir Lionel Alfred Luckhoo KCMG CBE QC (2 March 1914 – 12 December 1997) was a Guyanese politician, diplomat, and lawyer, famed for his 245 consecutive successful defences in murder cases.
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