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The Reports include judgements from The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Eastern Caribbean States, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. They were first published in 1959 and, as of 2022, are currently published in two volumes each year, in both digital and hard copy formats.
Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd v The All Island Electricity Appeal Tribunal and others (Jamaica) [2017] UKPC 20: Pearson v Primeo Fund (Cayman Islands) [2017] UKPC 19: Mediterranean Shipping Company SA v Sotramon Limited (Mauritius) [2017] UKPC 23: University of Technology, Jamaica v Industrial Disputes Tribunal and others (Jamaica) [2017 ...
The Supreme Court has unlimited original jurisdiction in civil and criminal causes and matters and an appellate jurisdiction conferred on it by the Supreme Court Act, 1996 or any other law, which includes appeals from the Magistrates’ Court. Appeals made by the Supreme Court can be struck down by the Court of Appeal, which is the highest ...
In 1965, he was named a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, and in 1970 was elevated to a seat on the Court of Appeal until his appointment as Chief Justice in 1973. [3] He served in that capacity until 1984. [4] Smith was appointed as a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal, Bahamas in 1983, serving in that post until his retirement in 1993 ...
Court: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Full case name: Forrester Bowe (Junior) and Trono Davis, Appellants v The Queen, Respondent : Decided: 8 March 2006: Citations [2006] UKPC 10, [2002] 2 AC 235, [2006] 1 WLR 1623: Case history; Prior action: Court of Appeal of the Bahamas: Case opinions; Lord Bingham of Cornhill: Keywords
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In May 2015, the Jamaican House of Representatives approved, with the necessary two-thirds majority, three bills that would end legal appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and make the Caribbean Court of Justice as Jamaica's final Court of Appeal. The reform was debated by the Jamaican Senate, however, the government needed the ...
The Supreme Court is third in the adjudicative hierarchy of the Bahamas. Appeals made by the Supreme Court can be struck down by the Court of Appeal, which is the highest domestic court in the Bahamas; appeals can be made from either court to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which is the highest court for the country. [6]