Court of Appeal of Guernsey

E656457

appellate court

The Court of Appeal of Guernsey is the island’s senior appellate court, responsible for hearing appeals from lower courts and interpreting Guernsey’s legal system.

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Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeal of Guernsey canonical	3

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ
canReview	civil judgments from lower courts ⓘ convictions from lower courts ⓘ sentences imposed by lower courts ⓘ
country	Bailiwick of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
decides	appeals on points of law ⓘ appeals on questions of fact ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
ensures	consistency of decisions of lower courts in Guernsey ⓘ uniform interpretation of Guernsey law ⓘ
function	hearing appeals from lower courts ⓘ interpreting Guernsey law ⓘ reviewing decisions of inferior courts ⓘ
governs	appeals arising under Guernsey legislation ⓘ appeals involving Guernsey customary law ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Magistrate’s Court of Guernsey in appellate matters NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Court of Guernsey in appellate matters ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Magistrate’s Court of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Court of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
interprets	Guernsey customary law ⓘ Guernsey statutes ⓘ subordinate legislation of Guernsey ⓘ
jurisdiction	Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalStatus	part of the independent legal system of Guernsey ⓘ
legalSystem	Guernsey legal system ⓘ
legalTradition	mixed Norman customary law and English common law influences ⓘ
location	St Peter Port NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	courts of the Bailiwick of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	senior court below the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
region	Channel Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Court of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	senior appellate court of Guernsey ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction	Guernsey administrative law ⓘ Guernsey civil law ⓘ Guernsey criminal law ⓘ
territorialScope	Herm NERFINISHED ⓘ Island of Guernsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Jethou NERFINISHED ⓘ Lihou NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfBody	superior court of record ⓘ
ultimateAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Guernsey law → hasCourtSystem → Court of Appeal of Guernsey ⓘ

Guernsey courts → hasPart → Court of Appeal of Guernsey ⓘ

Bailiff of Guernsey → hasJurisdictionOver → Court of Appeal of Guernsey ⓘ