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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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
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]
The position of President of the Court of Appeal is authorised by Article 98(2)(a) of the Constitution of the Bahamas. Under Article 98(2)(b), the President may invite the Chief Justice to sit in the Court of Appeal.
The U.S. State Department recently issued travel advisories designating Jamaica as “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” and the Bahamas as “Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution” destinations.
Hall served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas on 1 February 1991 and then as a Justice of Court of Appeal of the Bahamas from April 1997. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was appointed Chairman of the 1998 National Crime Commission of the Bahamas and, on 4 August 1999, was appointed as the first Bahamian judge on the Inter-American Development ...