High Court of Solomon Islands

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court of record high court superior court

The High Court of Solomon Islands is the country’s superior court of record, responsible for interpreting the constitution, hearing serious civil and criminal cases, and overseeing the work of lower courts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
High Court of Solomon Islands canonical	5
Magistrates’ Courts of Solomon Islands	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of record ⓘ high court ⓘ superior court ⓘ
bindingPrecedentFor	subordinate courts of Solomon Islands ⓘ
canIssue	declarations ⓘ injunctions ⓘ prerogative orders ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction	Honiara ⓘ
country	Solomon Islands ⓘ
courtLevel	superior court of first instance ⓘ
ensures	compliance with the Constitution of Solomon Islands ⓘ rule of law in Solomon Islands ⓘ
establishedUnder	Constitution of Solomon Islands ⓘ
handles	indictable offences ⓘ public law cases ⓘ significant commercial disputes ⓘ
hasAuthority	nationwide ⓘ
hasDivision	civil division ⓘ criminal division ⓘ
hasPower	constitutional interpretation ⓘ judicial review of executive actions ⓘ supervisory jurisdiction over subordinate courts ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of Solomon Islands ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	High Court of Solomon Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Magistrates’ Courts of Solomon Islands local courts of Solomon Islands ⓘ
jurisdiction	Solomon Islands ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Honiara ⓘ
oversees	Magistrates’ Courts of Solomon Islands ⓘ local courts of Solomon Islands ⓘ
partOf	judicial branch of Solomon Islands ⓘ surface form: judiciary of Solomon Islands
role	hears serious civil cases ⓘ hears serious criminal cases ⓘ interprets the Constitution of Solomon Islands ⓘ supervises lower courts ⓘ
supervisoryRoleOver	administrative bodies in Solomon Islands ⓘ
typeOfCases	constitutional petitions ⓘ judicial review applications ⓘ major civil disputes ⓘ serious criminal offences ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Constitution of Solomon Islands → establishes → High Court of Solomon Islands ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands → canHearAppealsFrom → High Court of Solomon Islands ⓘ

High Court of Solomon Islands → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Solomon Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magistrates’ Courts of Solomon Islands

judicial branch of Solomon Islands → hasPart → High Court of Solomon Islands ⓘ

judicial branch of Solomon Islands → hasSuperiorCourt → High Court of Solomon Islands ⓘ

judicial branch of Solomon Islands → canHearAppealsFrom → High Court of Solomon Islands ⓘ