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The Supreme Court has unlimited original jurisdiction in civil and criminal causes and matters and an appellate jurisdiction conferred on it by the Supreme Court Act, 1996 or any other law, which includes appeals from the Magistrates’ Court. Appeals made by the Supreme Court can be struck down by the Court of Appeal, which is the highest ...
The position of President of the Court of Appeal is authorised by Article 98(2)(a) of the Constitution of the Bahamas. Under Article 98(2)(b), the President may invite the Chief Justice to sit in the Court of Appeal.
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]
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
Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, abolished appeals to the Privy Council under the Court of Appeal Act, 1971, which came into effect on 15 November 1971. [69] Previously, the Privy Council had ruled in Ibralebbe v The Queen that it remained the highest court of appeal in Ceylon notwithstanding the country's independence as a dominion in 1948. [70]
The governor-general appoints the chief justice of the Supreme Court on the advice of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. Other justices are appointed on the advice of a judicial commission. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London serves as the highest appellate court for the Bahamas.
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Bahamas after independence in 1973. Sir Leonard J. Knowles, 4 July 1973 to 6 August 1978 [12] [22] James Alfred Smith, 7 July 1978 to 11 May 1980 [22] Harvey Lloyd da Costa, 18 November 1980 to 31 December 1981 [22] Vivian O. Blake, 1 January 1982 to 9 September 1983 [22] Sir Denis Eustace Gilbert Malone (acting), 10 September to 31 December ...