High Court of Ghana

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The High Court of Ghana is a superior court of record that handles serious civil and criminal cases and exercises supervisory jurisdiction over lower courts within Ghana’s judicial system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
High Court of Ghana canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
appealsFrom Circuit Courts of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesInConsultationWith Chief Justice of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesOnAdviceOf Judicial Council of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
canIssue orders of certiorari ⓘ
orders of habeas corpus ⓘ
orders of mandamus ⓘ
orders of prohibition ⓘ
prerogative writs ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
exercisesPower supervisory jurisdiction over lower courts ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Courts Act of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDivision Civil Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commercial Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Criminal Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Family and Juvenile Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Human Rights Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labour Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
Land Court Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Republic of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
administrative law matters as assigned by law ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
constitutional matters as assigned by law ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
headedBy Justices of the High Court ⓘ
hearsCases appeals from lower courts where provided by law ⓘ
serious civil cases ⓘ
serious criminal cases ⓘ
languageOfCourt English ⓘ
locatedIn Accra NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional capitals of Ghana ⓘ
partOf Judicial branch of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankInJudicialHierarchy above Circuit Courts of Ghana ⓘ
above District Courts of Ghana ⓘ
below Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
below Supreme Court of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
reviews decisions of inferior courts for error of law ⓘ
subjectTo oversight of Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
supervises Circuit Courts of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
other inferior courts and tribunals as prescribed by law ⓘ
typeOfCases first instance trials in serious matters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

judicial branch of Ghana → includesCourt → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → includesCourt → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → superiorCourtsInclude → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → oversees → High Court of Ghana ⓘ