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The judiciary of Antigua and Barbuda is an independent branch of the Antiguan and Barbudan government, subject to the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda. Even though the Office of the Attorney General in the executive branch appoints magistrates, the judicial branch is mostly independent of the other two branches.
Officially, the division of this court in Antigua and Barbuda is called the High Court of Justice in Antigua and Barbuda, however, the Antigua and Barbuda High Court (ABHC) is an acceptable and more common term. The ABHC was constituted in its present form in the Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order of 1981. It is regulated under chapter IX ...
In 1791, Antigua underwent a judicial reform. In the early 1800s, the modern-day Government House was completed. [11] After the abolishment of the slave trade in 1808, a five-man police force was established in 1813. [12] In 1816, the colony of Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat was established after the abolishment of the British Leeward Islands ...
Antigua and Barbuda High Court; E. Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court; J. Judiciary of Antigua and Barbuda This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 21:54 (UTC) ...
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is a superior court of record for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), [1] including six independent states: Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and three British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, and Montserrat).
This court is headquartered in Saint Lucia, but at least one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Antigua and Barbuda, and presides over the High Court of Justice. The current High Court judges are Nicola Byer, Ann-Marie Smith, Jan Drysdale, Rene Williams, and Tunde Bakre as of September 2024. [5]
Antigua and Barbuda is composed of three magistrates' courts districts, [61] and is part of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court system. [62] The acting chief justice of the Supreme Court is Mario Michel , serving since 5 May 2024.
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