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The Supreme Court of Queensland is the highest court in the Australian State of Queensland. [1] It was formerly the Brisbane Supreme Court, in the colony of Queensland.. The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to hear civil matters involving claims of more than $750,000; criminal matters involving serious offences (including murder and manslaughter); and ...
The following is a list of courts and tribunals in Queensland as of July 2022: [1] Supreme Court of Queensland. Queensland Court of Appeal; Supreme Court (Trial Division) Court of Disputed Returns; District Court of Queensland; Magistrates' Court of Queensland. Children's Court of Queensland; Coroners Court of Queensland; Industrial Court of ...
The Supreme Court is the highest tier of the judicial hierarchy in Queensland. [10] The court has two divisions; the Trial Division and the Court of Appeal. The Trial Division's jurisdiction covers serious criminal offences (including murder and manslaughter ), and civil matters involving claims of more than $750,000.
Industrial Court (Qld); Employment Court Supreme Court : District Court (NSW - Qld - SA - WA); County Court . No intermediate court (ACT - NI - NT - Tas) Inferior courts: Magistrates' Court (ACT - Qld - SA - Tas - Vic - WA); Local Court (NSW - NT); Court of Petty Sessions Quasi-judicial tribunals for e.g. small claims and/or administrative review
Before Federation, each Australian colony had a two- or three-tiered judicial system with a Supreme Court at its apex. [1] The colonial Supreme Courts followed the model of the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, as the High Court of Justice was known from the 1870s, when it was established by the Judicature Acts. [2]
The Court is a division of the Supreme Court of Queensland. A disputed return occurs when the result of an election is questioned. The name disputed returns derives from the practice in common law countries of issuing a writ for the election and then the parliament receiving the results by way of returns after the counting of ballots.
Executive: the Executive Council of Queensland, which formalises decisions of the Cabinet of Queensland, which is composed of the premier and other ministers of state appointed by the governor on the advice of the premier; Judiciary: the Supreme Court and other state courts, whose judges are appointed by the governor on advice of ministers.
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland, as of February 2019, include: Chief Justice of Queensland Judges of the Court of Appeal Judges Position Name Appointment commenced Appointment ended Term in office Comments Notes Chief Justice James Cockle 21 February 1863 24 June 1879 16 years, 123 days Died 27 January 1895 Charles Lilley 25 June 1879 13 March 1893 13 years, 261 days ...