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In November 2010, she succeeded Joan Sawyer as President of the Court of Appeal. She thus became the second woman to hold that post, and the third woman in a high position in the judiciary of the Bahamas. [1] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours. [3]
The Court of Appeal is made up of a President, the Chief Justice who, as head of the judiciary, is an ex officio member of the Court and sits at the invitation of the President, and not less than two and not more than four Justices of Appeal. The Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments, orders and sentences made by ...
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
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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]
Dame Joan Augusta Sawyer, DBE, PC (born 26 November 1940) is a Bahamian judge. She was Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1996 to 2001 and President of the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas from 2001 to 2010.
He has served as Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice of the Court of Appeal, Senior Justice and, in February, succeeded Sir Michael Barnett as Chief Justice, the nation's highest judicial office. Sir Hartman has been appointed a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his contributions to the legal and judicial system of The Bahamas.