Parish Courts of Jamaica

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court system trial court

The Parish Courts of Jamaica are local first-instance courts that handle the majority of civil and criminal matters across the island’s parishes under the oversight of the Supreme Court.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Parish Courts of Jamaica canonical	2
Parish Courts of Jamaica (in appellate matters)	1
Saint Thomas Parish Court	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ trial court ⓘ
administrativeHead	Chief Justice of Jamaica ⓘ
appealsTo	Court of Appeal of Jamaica ⓘ
country	Jamaica ⓘ
courtType	first-instance court ⓘ
fundedBy	Government of Jamaica ⓘ
governedBy	Jamaican Constitution of 1962 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Jamaica Judicature (Parish Courts) Act ⓘ
handles	civil matters ⓘ criminal matters ⓘ family matters ⓘ minor criminal offences ⓘ small claims ⓘ some indictable offences ⓘ traffic offences ⓘ
hasSpecializedDivision	Family Courts ⓘ surface form: Family Court Night Courts ⓘ surface form: Night Court Traffic Court ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Parish Court for Clarendon ⓘ Parish Court for Hanover ⓘ Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court ⓘ surface form: Parish Court for Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court for Manchester ⓘ Parish Court for Portland ⓘ Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal) ⓘ Parish Court for St. Ann ⓘ Parish Court for St. Catherine ⓘ St. Thomas Parish Court ⓘ surface form: Parish Court for St. Elizabeth Parish Court for St. James ⓘ Parish Court for St. Mary ⓘ St. Thomas Parish Court ⓘ surface form: Parish Court for St. Thomas Parish Court for Trelawny ⓘ Parish Court for Westmoreland ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Magistrates’ Courts ⓘ surface form: Petty Sessions Courts
jurisdiction	Jamaica ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel	parish ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
levelInHierarchy	below Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ
locatedIn	various parish capitals of Jamaica ⓘ
overseenBy	Chief Justice of Jamaica ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Jamaica ⓘ surface form: Judicature of Jamaica
predecessor	Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica ⓘ
primaryFunction	adjudication of local disputes ⓘ enforcement of criminal law at parish level ⓘ
renamedFrom	Resident Magistrates’ Courts ⓘ
renamingYear	2016 ⓘ
supervisingCourt	Supreme Court of Jamaica ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Supreme Court of Jamaica → supervises → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ

Morant Bay Courthouse → jurisdiction → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Parish Court

Judiciary of Jamaica → hasCourt → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Jamaica → hasAuthorityOver → Parish Courts of Jamaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parish Courts of Jamaica (in appellate matters)