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The Court has two types of jurisdictions: appellate jurisdiction and original jurisdiction. [3] In its appellate jurisdiction, the court serves as the final court of appeal from any decision given by the Court of Appeal of Barbados in civil and criminal matters. In its original jurisdiction, the Caribbean Court of Justice is a court of first ...
Speightstown (/ ˈ s p aɪ t s t aʊ n /), also known as Little Bristol, is the second largest town in Barbados. It is situated 12 miles (19 km) north of the capital city of Bridgetown , in the northern parish of Saint Peter .
The Supreme Court of Barbados. The Supreme Court is located in a five-storey reinforced concrete structure of 183,000 square feet (17,000 m 2) which includes both civil and criminal courts, together with office accommodation and facilities for judges, juries, attorneys, prisoners, and the public, as well as the Registry and Records offices. [5]
Courts was founded in 1850, by William Henry Court, with a single store in Canterbury, England. [2] In 1945, the company was sold to the Cohen brothers, who began to expand the business. Hire purchase terms were offered from 1946. Courts was listed on London Stock Exchange in 1959. By this stage, Courts had thirty four retail stores in the ...
The chief justice of Barbados is the head of the Supreme Court of Barbados as defined by the constitution. [1]The constitution of Barbados states: 80.1 There shall be for Barbados a Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of a High Court and a Court of Appeal, with such jurisdiction, powers and authority as may be conferred upon those Courts respectively by this Constitution or any other law.
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).
Sir Frederick Smith, KA, MBE, QC (6 July 1924 – 11 July 2016) was the former Attorney-General of Barbados and former Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands 1987–1990, President of the Court of Appeal of Grenada [1] and assistant Attorney General of British Cameroons.
In 1959 the country of Barbados was changed from the Vestry system, into a more modern system of local government patterned after that of the United Kingdom. [1] Two main sub-regions known as Districts were formed in Barbados, and the majority of the vestry parish councils, which acted as local government were consolidated and transferred into these larger areas and also the Bridgetown City ...