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In its appellate jurisdiction, the court serves as the final court of appeal from any decision given by the Court of Appeal of Barbados in civil and criminal matters. In its original jurisdiction, the Caribbean Court of Justice is a court of first instance which applies rules of international law in respect to the interpretation and application ...
The Supreme Court of Judicature of Barbados [1] is the highest judicial body in the country of Barbados.It is made up of the High Court and the Court of Appeals. [2]Appeals from the Supreme Court can be further referred to the jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
In the five years that followed immediate after the switch to the CCJ, twelve appeals were heard from Barbados. Belize saw appeals roughly twice per year to the JCPC before switching to the CCJ in 2010 [8] and subsequently saw 12 appeals in the four years since the first appeal to the CCJ from Belize in mid 2011. [31]
Also provides for transfer between Barbados and other countries of persons detained in prisons, hospitals or other institutions by virtue of orders made in the course of the exercise by courts or tribunals of their jurisdiction. Barbados Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 2003 (2003–10). [12] - Amends Constitution of Barbados.
Appeals against schemes of the Church Commissioners (who control the estate of the Church of England). Appeals from the ecclesiastical courts (the Arches Court of Canterbury and the Chancery Court of York) in non-doctrinal faculty cases. Appeals from the High Court of Chivalry. [8] Appeals from the Court of Admiralty of the Cinque Ports.
Barbados has an independent judiciary composed of Magistrates' Courts, which are statutorily authorized, and a Supreme Court, which is constitutionally mandated. The Supreme Court consists of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, [3] each having four judges. The Chief Justice serves on both the high court and the court of appeal.
The chief justice of Barbados is the head of the Supreme Court of Barbados as defined by the constitution. [1]The constitution of Barbados states: 80.1 There shall be for Barbados a Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of a High Court and a Court of Appeal, with such jurisdiction, powers and authority as may be conferred upon those Courts respectively by this Constitution or any other law.
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