Supreme Court of St Helena

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court judicial body superior court of record

The Supreme Court of St Helena is the highest judicial authority on the island, responsible for interpreting the law and overseeing major civil and criminal cases within Saint Helena’s legal system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of St Helena canonical	1
Supreme Court of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ superior court of record ⓘ
appliesLaw	English common law principles ⓘ Saint Helena statute law ⓘ
appointingAuthorityOfJudges	Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom	Crown in right of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	legal system of a British Overseas Territory ⓘ
canReferAppealsTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedUnder	Constitution of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	hearing appeals from lower courts in Saint Helena ⓘ interpretation of the law in Saint Helena ⓘ judicial review of executive and administrative action in Saint Helena ⓘ
governedBy	Courts Ordinance of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle	Chief Justice of Saint Helena ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh (via St Helena Government judiciary pages) ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of Saint Helena ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Magistrates’ Court of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
location	Jamestown, Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees	major civil cases on Saint Helena ⓘ major criminal cases on Saint Helena ⓘ
partOf	judicial system of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ⓘ judiciary of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	South Atlantic British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	court of unlimited jurisdiction in civil matters on Saint Helena ⓘ court of unlimited jurisdiction in criminal matters on Saint Helena ⓘ highest judicial authority on Saint Helena ⓘ
typeOfCasesHeard	administrative law cases ⓘ civil cases ⓘ constitutional cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Government of Saint Helena → hasJudicialBody → Supreme Court of St Helena ⓘ

Constitution of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → providesFor → Supreme Court of St Helena ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha