courts of Bermuda

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branch of government court system judicial system

The courts of Bermuda form the British Overseas Territory’s independent judicial system, responsible for interpreting and applying Bermudian and applicable UK law across civil, criminal, and constitutional matters.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judiciary of Bermuda	3

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government ⓘ court system ⓘ judicial system ⓘ
appealFrom	Magistrates’ Court of Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealTo	Court of Appeal for Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
appellateCourt	Court of Appeal for Bermuda ⓘ
appliesLawOf	Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	English common law ⓘ
country	Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
employs	court staff ⓘ judges ⓘ magistrates ⓘ registrars ⓘ
governingDocument	Constitution of Bermuda ⓘ Court of Appeal Act 1964 ⓘ Magistrates’ Court Act 1948 ⓘ Supreme Court Act 1905 ⓘ
handles	civil claims in the Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ judicial review of administrative action in Bermuda ⓘ serious criminal trials in the Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ summary criminal matters in the Magistrates’ Court of Bermuda ⓘ
hasComponent	Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ surface form: Commercial Court of Bermuda Coroner’s Court of Bermuda ⓘ Court of Appeal for Bermuda ⓘ Family Court of Bermuda ⓘ Magistrates’ Court of Bermuda ⓘ Petty Sessions ⓘ Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ
highestCourtOfTerritory	Court of Appeal for Bermuda ⓘ
independenceFrom	executive branch of Bermuda ⓘ legislature of Bermuda ⓘ
jurisdiction	administrative law matters ⓘ civil law matters ⓘ commercial law matters ⓘ constitutional law matters ⓘ criminal law matters ⓘ family law matters ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystemType	common law ⓘ
location	Hamilton, Bermuda ⓘ
overseenBy	Chief Justice of Bermuda ⓘ
partOf	Government of Bermuda ⓘ surface form: government of Bermuda
protects	fundamental rights under the Constitution of Bermuda ⓘ
subjectTo	Constitution of Bermuda ⓘ applicable Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
trialCourt	Magistrates’ Court of Bermuda ⓘ Supreme Court of Bermuda ⓘ
ultimateAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Constitution of Bermuda → allocatesPowerTo → courts of Bermuda ⓘ

Court of Appeal for Bermuda → partOf → courts of Bermuda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judiciary of Bermuda

Supreme Court of Bermuda → partOf → courts of Bermuda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judiciary of Bermuda

Ministry of Legal Affairs of Bermuda → worksWith → courts of Bermuda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judiciary of Bermuda