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This is a list of major cases decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. These include appeals from the following countries: [1] Canada (criminal until 1933; Civil case until 1949) Malaysia (until 1985) Australia (until 1986) Singapore (until 1994) Hong Kong (until 1997) New Zealand (until 2003) Most Caribbean countries
The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in Jamaica; it is superior to the Supreme Court. [1] [2] [4] The Court is composed of a President and six other Judges.The Chief Justice is also a judge ex officio of the Court of Appeal, but participates only when asked to do so by the President.
On 7 July 1997, McCalla was appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court. [1] [3] She stood down from that appointment on 10 April 2006, when she was appointed a Judge of Appeal. [1] In 2006, she was also an Acting Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. [2] On 27 June 2007, McCalla was appointed the Chief Justice of Jamaica.
Here is a look at some of the cases the justices are due to decide. Another major gun rights dispute is coming to the justices as they are poised to decide whether a 1994 federal law that bars ...
Donald Trump's court cases. The president-elect's criminal indictments have sputtered to a halt, thanks in large part to the US Supreme Court's July presidential immunity decision.Loose ends ...
The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S. Credit - Al Drago/Bloomberg. T he U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench on Oct. 7 to start a new term that includes cases on ...
The chief justice of Jamaica is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in 1962.
[4] [11] When someone is charged with a firearm violation, whether by unlicensed possession alone or by use of a gun in commission of a crime, the case is ordinarily sent to the High Court Division. These cases are tried in camera by a justice of the Supreme Court of Jamaica, without a jury.