Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

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appellate court court supreme court

The Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa is the country’s highest court for non-constitutional matters, serving as an appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa canonical	7
Supreme Court of Appeal	1
Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa under the 1996 Constitution	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
abbreviation	SCA ⓘ
advisedBy	Judicial Service Commission of South Africa ⓘ
appealsFrom	High Courts of South Africa ⓘ specialist courts in South Africa ⓘ
appointmentBy	President of South Africa ⓘ
authority	final court of appeal in non-constitutional matters in South Africa ⓘ
buildingStyle	neo-classical architecture ⓘ
cityStatus	Bloemfontein ⓘ surface form: Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of South Africa
composition	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ President of the Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ judges of appeal ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
excludesJurisdiction	constitutional matters reserved for the Constitutional Court of South Africa ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) ⓘ surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
function	ensure uniformity in the interpretation and application of South African law ⓘ
governedBy	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 Superior Courts Act, 2013 ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	President of the Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ
hasPosition	Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ President of the Supreme Court of Appeal ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Africa ⓘ
language	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
legalSystem	mixed legal system of South Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	Bloemfontein ⓘ Free State ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
nativeName	Hooggeregshof van Appèl ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of South Africa ⓘ
predecessor	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) ⓘ surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
reviews	decisions of lower courts ⓘ
role	appellate court of last resort for non-constitutional matters ⓘ highest court for non-constitutional matters in South Africa ⓘ
seat	Bloemfontein ⓘ
subordinateTo	Constitutional Court of South Africa ⓘ
typeOfCases	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
website	https://www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za/ ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bloemfontein → hosts → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) → transformedInto → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa under the 1996 Constitution

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa (for some constitutional functions) → seeAlso → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Bloem → hosts → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

Judiciary of South Africa → includesCourt → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

South African politics → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

Supreme Court of South Africa → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

Supreme Court of South Africa → successorBody → Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Appeal