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The Supreme Court of Judicature is Guyana's Supreme court. It exercises original jurisdiction over serious matters in Guyana of which a lower court (or, a magistrate's court) does not have the proper authority to operate and/or act on. [1] Both Criminal and Civil appeals are made to the Supreme Court before moving to an appeals court.
Any decisions from this era that the Supreme Court of Canada has not overruled since gaining appellate supremacy in 1949 remain good law, and continue to bind all Canadian courts other than the Supreme Court. [1] As Canada's ultimate judicial authority for most of its first century as a country following Confederation, the Judicial Committee ...
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
The Ministry of Legal Affairs and Attorney General's Chambers ensures that proper legal services are provided to the Government of Guyana, as well as statutory services to the public. The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs is the head of the chambers. [ 1 ]
In 1949, Newfoundland joined Canada as the tenth province. Like other provinces, an appeal continued to lie from the Newfoundland courts to the Judicial Committee. In late 1949, the federal Parliament abolished appeals to the Judicial Committee from courts in Canada, making the Supreme Court of Canada the final court of appeal.
Trinidad Cement Limited and TCL Guyana Incorporated v Republic of Guyana [2009] CCJ 5 (OJ); 75 WIR 327: The Court accepted the principle that a State may incur non-contractual liability for damages for breach of the Revised Treaty. The Court held that the new single Market based on the rule of law implies the remedy of compensation where rights ...
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The High Court consists of the Chief Justice as President of the Court supported by several Puisne Judges. There is a right of appeal from the Supreme Court to the Guyana Court of Appeal, which was established in 1966 and consists of the Chancellor as President of the Court assisted by the Chief Justice and several Justices of Appeal.