Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

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appellate court court of law

The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court is the regional appellate court that hears appeals from the high courts of several Eastern Caribbean states and territories, providing a higher level of judicial review above their trial courts.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court canonical	12
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court	9
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Order	1
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court jurisdiction	1
Justices of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court	1
Supreme Court of Judicature of the Eastern Caribbean	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of law ⓘ
apexAbove	High Court of Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
appealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
bindingPrecedentFor	High Court of Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ magistrates’ courts within its jurisdiction ⓘ
canSitIn	any member state or territory within its jurisdiction ⓘ
composedOf	Chief Justice ⓘ Justices of Appeal ⓘ
countryGroupServed	member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States ⓘ
dateEstablished	1967 ⓘ
decides	administrative law appeals ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ constitutional appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
establishedBy	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Order 1967 ⓘ United Kingdom statutory instrument ⓘ
fundedBy	member states and territories of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
governedBy	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Rules ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	High Court of Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
issues	written judgments ⓘ
jurisdiction	Anguilla ⓘ Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ British Virgin Islands ⓘ Dominica ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Montserrat ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
levelInJudicialHierarchy	intermediate appellate level ⓘ
locatedIn	OECS member states and territories ⓘ
partOf	Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
provides	judicial review of decisions of trial courts ⓘ
regionServed	Eastern Caribbean ⓘ
replaced	separate appellate courts of individual territories ⓘ
reviews	questions of fact in appropriate cases ⓘ questions of law ⓘ
role	development of regional jurisprudence ⓘ harmonisation of law across member states ⓘ
servesAs	final domestic appellate court for many matters within its jurisdiction ⓘ
typeOfBody	regional judicial institution ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda → establishesBody → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → highestCourt → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → regionalCourt → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → includes → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → providesFor → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature of the Eastern Caribbean

judicature of Saint Kitts and Nevis → includes → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Judicature of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Judiciary of Grenada → regionalCourt → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Judiciary of Grenada → memberOf → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court jurisdiction

Judiciary of Grenada → hasCourt → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

Judiciary of Grenada → collaboratesWith → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Acts of Parliament of Grenada → subjectToReviewBy → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

judicial branch of Saint Lucia → includesCourt → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

judicial branch of Saint Lucia → regionalCourt → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

judicial branch of Saint Lucia → hasAppealTo → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

High Court of Justice of Antigua and Barbuda → partOf → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

High Court of Justice of Antigua and Barbuda → subjectToAppealTo → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

High Court of Justice of Antigua and Barbuda → establishedUnder → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Order

Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court → partOf → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

judiciary of Antigua and Barbuda → hasCourt → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

High Court of Justice of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court → oversees → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

Judicial and Legal Services Commission of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court → governsRole → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justices of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

High Court of Justice → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: High Court of Justice (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

High Court of Saint Kitts and Nevis → hearsAppealsTo → Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ