Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

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court superior court of record trial court

The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the highest court in the ACT, handling serious criminal and civil cases and serving as the territory’s principal court of record.

Aliases (1)

Supreme courts of Australian states and territories ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court → superior court of record → trial court →
buildingCompletedInYear	2019 →
canHearAppealsTo	Federal Court of Australia → High Court of Australia →
country	Australia →
createdBy	Commonwealth of Australia →
establishedBy	Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cth) →
establishedInYear	1933 →
hasAbbreviation	ACT Supreme Court →
hasCategory	Courts and tribunals of the Australian Capital Territory → Supreme courts of Australian states and territories →
hasChiefJustice	Lucy McCallum →
hasDivision	Court of Appeal of the Australian Capital Territory → trial division →
hasFunction	hearing of indictable criminal offences → hearing of significant civil disputes → interpretation and application of the law in the Australian Capital Territory → judicial review of administrative decisions within its jurisdiction →
hasJurisdictionOver	appeals from certain tribunals in the Australian Capital Territory → appeals from the Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory → serious civil matters in the Australian Capital Territory → serious criminal matters in the Australian Capital Territory →
hasNumberOfJudges	several puisne judges →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme →
hasSeal	Coat of Arms of the Australian Capital Territory →
hasStyleOfChiefJustice	The Honourable Chief Justice →
hasStyleOfJudges	The Honourable Justice →
headedBy	Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory →
hearsAppealsAs	full court in its appellate jurisdiction →
hearsAppealsFrom	Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory →
hearsCasesUnder	laws of the Australian Capital Territory → relevant Commonwealth laws →
isHighestCourtOf	Australian Capital Territory →
isPartOf	court system of Australia →
isPrincipalCourtOfRecordOf	Australian Capital Territory →
jurisdiction	Australian Capital Territory →
legalSystem	Australian legal system →
legalTradition	common law →
locatedIn	Australian Capital Territory → Knowles Place, Canberra City → Law Courts of the Australian Capital Territory →
location	Canberra →
partOf	judiciary of the Australian Capital Territory →
replacedBuilding	original ACT Supreme Court building opened in 1963 →
usesLanguage	English →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory ("Supreme courts of Australian states and territories") →	hasCategory
Australian Capital Territory →	hasJudicialBody