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Commodore Royal Bahamas Defence Force and others v Laramore (Bahamas) [2017] UKPC 13: Attorney General v Dumas (Trinidad and Tobago) [2017] UKPC 12: Cono Cono and Co Ltd v Veerasamy and others (Respondents and First and Third Co-Respondents) (Mauritius) [2017] UKPC 11: Sun Alliance (Bahamas) Limited and another v Scandi Enterprises Limited ...
The court was created by Article 93(1) of the Constitution. Before that, the Supreme Court was governed by the Supreme Court Act of 1896. The Neo-Georgian style building which is home to the Supreme Court in New Providence is located on Bank Lane. Ground was broken for the building in 1921 by then Governor of the Colony of the Bahamas, Sir ...
The basis of the Bahamian Law and legal system lies within the English Common Law tradition. Justices of the Supreme Court, Registrars and Magistrates are all appointed by The Governor-General acting on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, which is composed of five individuals who are headed by the Chief Justice as their chairman.
London: Supreme Court. 23 March 2011. "Sersland & Paz v St Matthews University School of Medicine Ltd". Port of Spain, Trinidad: Caribbean Court of Justice. 24 November 2022. Bastide, M. A. de la (14 March 2007). "Practice Direction (Caribbean Court of Justice: Citation of Judgments and Reported Cases)". West Indian Reports. pp. 399–401.
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.
A Miami retiree’s real estate transaction transferring oceanfront land to a TV ministry has triggered regret and dispute over generational property in the Bahamas. Here is a timeline of how it ...
Bahamas after independence in 1973. Sir Leonard J. Knowles, 4 July 1973 to 6 August 1978 [12] [21] James Alfred Smith, 7 July 1978 to 11 May 1980 [21] Harvey Lloyd da Costa, 18 November 1980 to 31 December 1981 [21] Vivian O. Blake, 1 January 1982 to 9 September 1983 [21] Sir Denis Eustace Gilbert Malone (acting), 10 September to 31 December ...
Yong Vui Kong v. Public Prosecutor was a seminal case decided in 2010 by the Court of Appeal of Singapore which, in response to a challenge by Yong Vui Kong, a convicted drug smuggler, held that the mandatory death penalty imposed by the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185, 2001 Rev. Ed.) ("MDA") for certain drug trafficking offences does not infringe Articles 9(1) and 12(1) of the Constitution of ...