High Court of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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High Court superior court of record

The High Court of Saint Kitts and Nevis is the superior trial court in the country’s judicial system, handling major civil and criminal cases under its common law–based legal framework.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
High Court of Justice of Saint Kitts and Nevis	1
High Court of Saint Kitts and Nevis canonical	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	High Court ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ
appliesLawOf	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court jurisdiction ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis NERFINISHED ⓘ
canGrantRemedy	damages ⓘ declarations ⓘ injunctions ⓘ judicial review orders ⓘ
country	Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
courtSystem	judicature of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ surface form: judiciary of Saint Kitts and Nevis
courtType	superior trial court ⓘ
decides	high-value civil claims ⓘ serious indictable offences ⓘ
foundationPrinciple	rule of law ⓘ
governedBy	Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Act (Saint Kitts and Nevis) ⓘ
handlesCaseType	constitutional matters ⓘ judicial review ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ
hasBuildingType	courthouse ⓘ
hasJurisdictionLevel	appellate jurisdiction from magistrates’ courts ⓘ original jurisdiction ⓘ
headedBy	High Court judge ⓘ
hearsAppealsTo	Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
languageOfCourt	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Basseterre ONNED1 ⓘ island of Saint Kitts ⓘ surface form: Saint Kitts
locatedInJurisdiction	Saint Kitts and Nevis ONNED1 ⓘ
numberOfJudges	multiple judges assigned by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court system ⓘ surface form: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court judicial branch of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
protects	constitutional rights in Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
supervises	Magistrates’ Courts of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ surface form: magistrates’ courts of Saint Kitts and Nevis
ultimateAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
usesProcedure	adversarial system ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Basseterre → hostsInstitution → High Court of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

judicature of Saint Kitts and Nevis → includes → High Court of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ

subject surface form: Judicature of Saint Kitts and Nevis

this entity surface form: High Court of Justice of Saint Kitts and Nevis