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Together with a number of tribunals, Bermuda has a three-tier court system: Magistrates Court, with a mainly criminal jurisdiction; Supreme Court, with a civil and criminal jurisdiction, covers the roles of the English Crown Court, County Court and High Court. Among others, this includes the Commercial Court.
Grape Bay Ltd v Attorney-General of Bermuda [1999] UKPC 43 is a case concerning expressly analogous principles to compulsory purchase by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and is important for English land law. It directly concerns a state prohibition which impacts a development that is underway, by agreement but not in any substantive ...
The Supreme Court also deals with trials on indictment (that is, the most serious criminal matters). The Supreme Court can judicially review government action in accordance with the principles of Administrative Law and entertain petitions that laws or public acts are contrary to the Constitution of Bermuda. It also has appellate jurisdiction on ...
In March the court said that Ivanishvili and his family were due damages of more than $600 as a result of a long-running fraud committed by a former Credit Suisse adviser, Pascale Lescaudron.
All criminal cases begin in a magistrates' court. The most serious cases (for example murder, rape, etc) are sent to the Crown Court, although magistrates' will often decide on issues such as bail and any preliminary matters. [7]
Two officers were convicted of indecency in Magistrates' Court. The Acting Senior Magistrate, John Judge, said the show was "outrageously indecent by any standards" and fined Frost $500 and Cann $400. His decision was subsequently reversed by the Chief Justice, Sir James Astwood, who ordered the fines to be repaid and recommended that the two ...
A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.
A Municipal Magistrate may be appointed as an additional Magistrate in conjunction with his other duties. They do not have civil jurisdiction, they have jurisdiction over any breach of any municipal by-laws per the Municipal Council's Ordinance. Now the local magistrate courts performs the duties of the municipal magistrate courts. [5]