Royal Court of Guernsey

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court superior court

The Royal Court of Guernsey is the principal civil and criminal court of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, serving as its superior court of record and central institution of the island’s legal system.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Court of Guernsey canonical	7

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ superior court ⓘ
appealTo	Court of Appeal of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnLaw	Guernsey customary law ⓘ Norman customary law traditions ⓘ
building	Royal Court House, St Peter Port NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Bailiwick of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	medieval period ⓘ
governingLaw	Guernsey customary law ⓘ Guernsey statute law ⓘ
handles	appeals from lower courts ⓘ civil cases ⓘ commercial disputes ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ family law matters ⓘ probate matters ⓘ
hasDivision	Court of Alderney (in certain matters) NERFINISHED ⓘ Full Court of the Royal Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Matrimonial Causes Division of the Royal Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Ordinary Division of the Royal Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	development of Guernsey common law principles ⓘ interpretation of Guernsey legislation ⓘ
hasJudge	Deputy Bailiff of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurats of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficer	Greffier of the Royal Court NERFINISHED ⓘ HM Sheriff NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	Norman legal heritage ⓘ
jurisdiction	Herm NERFINISHED ⓘ Jethou NERFINISHED ⓘ Lihou NERFINISHED ⓘ island of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalSystem	Guernsey legal system ⓘ
locatedIn	St Peter Port NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	Bailiwick of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Bailiff of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Channel Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	States of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInSystem	central institution of Guernsey’s legal system ⓘ
servesAs	principal civil court of the Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ principal criminal court of the Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ
typeOfCourt	superior court of record ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Guernsey law → hasCourtSystem → Royal Court of Guernsey ⓘ

Guernsey courts → hasPart → Royal Court of Guernsey ⓘ

Guernsey courts → highestCourt → Royal Court of Guernsey ⓘ

Bailiff of Guernsey → hasJurisdictionOver → Royal Court of Guernsey ⓘ

Order of precedence in Guernsey → relatedTo → Royal Court of Guernsey ⓘ

Politics of Guernsey → judicialBody → Royal Court of Guernsey ⓘ

Royal Court House, St Peter Port → associatedWith → Royal Court of Guernsey ⓘ