Barbados Judicial Committee (historical)
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The Barbados Judicial Committee (historical) was a colonial-era appellate body associated with the British Privy Council that heard final legal appeals from Barbados before the island established its own supreme judicial arrangements.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial appellate court
→
court of final appeal → judicial body → |
| affiliatedWith |
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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| appliedLaw |
Barbadian law
→
English common law principles → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Barbados
→
|
| associatedWith |
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
→
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| country |
United Kingdom
→
|
| countryServed |
Barbados
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|
| decisionType |
binding precedent for Barbados courts
→
|
| dissolvedAfter |
establishment of Barbados’s own supreme judicial arrangements
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| function |
hearing final legal appeals from Barbados courts
→
reviewing decisions of lower courts in Barbados → |
| hearsFrom |
Barbados colonial courts
→
|
| historicalPeriod |
pre-independence Barbados
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| jurisdictionOver |
civil appeals from Barbados
→
criminal appeals from Barbados → |
| legalStatus |
court of last resort for Barbados appeals to the Crown
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|
| legalSystem |
common law
→
|
| locatedIn |
London
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| operatedDuring |
colonial period of Barbados
→
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| partOf |
British Empire legal system
→
British colonial judicial system → |
| replacedBy |
Barbados Supreme Court
→
independent Barbadian judicial system → |
| role |
final appellate tribunal for Barbados
→
|
| subordinateTo |
British Crown
→
Privy Council → |
| usedLanguage |
English
→
|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Privy Council
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hasCommittee |