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The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in Jamaica; it is superior to the Supreme Court. [1] [2] [4] The Court is composed of a President and six other Judges.The Chief Justice is also a judge ex officio of the Court of Appeal, but participates only when asked to do so by the President.
The chief justice of Jamaica is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in 1962.
Harvey v Facey [1893], [1] is a contract law case decided by the United Kingdom Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal from the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica. In 1893 the Privy Council held final legal jurisdiction over most of the British Caribbean n. [2]
On 7 July 1997, McCalla was appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court. [1] [3] She stood down from that appointment on 10 April 2006, when she was appointed a Judge of Appeal. [1] In 2006, she was also an Acting Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. [2] On 27 June 2007, McCalla was appointed the Chief Justice of Jamaica.
Order of Jamaica (2018) Bryan Sykes OJ is a Jamaican judge. ... The Supreme Court This page was last edited on 26 September 2024, at 08:44 (UTC). Text is ...
Firearms offences, including possession of unlicensed guns and ammunition, are tried before a dedicated Gun Court established in 1974. The Gun Court hears cases in camera and practices jury trial only for cases of treason or murder. All other cases are tried by resident magistrates or justices of the Supreme Court of Jamaica.
Judges of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court; Deputy President of the Senate; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives; Members of the Senate; Members of the House of Representatives; Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils (except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister)
Sir Edward Zacca KCMG OJ (26 July 1931 – 11 November 2019) [1] was chief justice of the Jamaican Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996. Under the Constitution of Jamaica, the chief justice of Jamaica serves as acting governor-general of Jamaica when that office is vacant, and Chief Justice Zacca served in that capacity from March to August 1991.