Supreme Court of Bermuda

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court of record superior court trial court

The Supreme Court of Bermuda is the territory’s highest trial court, handling major civil and criminal cases and serving as a key authority on the application and interpretation of Bermudian law.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Commercial Court of Bermuda	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of record ⓘ superior court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	Court of Appeal for Bermuda ⓘ
appliesLaw	common law of England as received in Bermuda ⓘ law of Bermuda ⓘ statute law of Bermuda ⓘ
canHear	jury trials in serious criminal matters ⓘ
canIssue	declarations ⓘ injunctions ⓘ judicial review orders ⓘ
country	Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
emblem	Coat of arms of Bermuda ⓘ
establishedUnder	Constitution of Bermuda ⓘ
governedBy	Supreme Court Act of Bermuda ⓘ
handlesCaseType	commercial disputes ⓘ constitutional law cases ⓘ judicial review applications ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityOn	application of Bermudian law ⓘ interpretation of Bermudian law ⓘ
hasDivision	civil division ⓘ commercial court ⓘ criminal division ⓘ
hasFunction	administration of justice in Bermuda ⓘ protection of constitutional rights in Bermuda ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle	Puisne Judge ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of Bermuda ⓘ
highestTrialCourtOf	Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Hamilton, Bermuda ⓘ Sessions House, Hamilton ⓘ
parentState	United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom (as a British Overseas Territory)
partOf	courts of Bermuda ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of Bermuda
regionServed	Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: British Overseas Territory of Bermuda
supervisoryJurisdictionOver	Magistrates’ Court of Bermuda ⓘ
typeOfCourt	superior court of record ⓘ
ultimateAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Court of Appeal for Bermuda → bindingOn → Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ

Constitution of Bermuda → establishesBody → Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ

courts of Bermuda → hasComponent → Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commercial Court of Bermuda

Acts of the Legislature of Bermuda → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ

Hamilton, Bermuda → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ

Court of Appeal for Bermuda → reviewsDecisionsFrom → Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ

courts of Bermuda → trialCourt → Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ