superior courts of the Isle of Man

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court system judicial body

The superior courts of the Isle of Man are the island’s highest judicial bodies, responsible for handling its most serious civil and criminal cases and interpreting Manx law.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man	1
Isle of Man Courts of Justice	1
Staff of Government Division of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
appliesLaw	Acts of Tynwald ⓘ customary Manx law ⓘ relevant United Kingdom legislation extended to the Isle of Man ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man
buildingType	courthouse ⓘ
canHearAppealsFrom	lower civil courts of the Isle of Man ⓘ lower criminal courts of the Isle of Man ⓘ
canIssue	declarations ⓘ habeas corpus ⓘ injunctions ⓘ orders of certiorari ⓘ orders of mandamus ⓘ
country	Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man
courtType	superior court of record ⓘ
employs	court staff of the Isle of Man ⓘ
ensures	administration of justice in the Isle of Man ⓘ
function	appellate review ⓘ hearing of major civil claims ⓘ judicial review of administrative action ⓘ trial of serious offences ⓘ
governedBy	Manx procedural rules ⓘ
handles	serious civil cases ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	whole territory of the Isle of Man ⓘ
hasPart	Court of Appeal of the Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of General Gaol Delivery ⓘ Civil Division of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man ⓘ surface form: High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man Staff of Government Division ⓘ
headedBy	First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls ⓘ
highestCourtInJurisdiction	Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man
includesJudicialOfficers	Deemsters ⓘ Judge of Appeal ⓘ
interprets	Manx law ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystemType	common law ⓘ
legalTradition	Manx common law ⓘ
location	Douglas, Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees	lower courts of the Isle of Man ⓘ
partOf	judicial branch of the Isle of Man ⓘ surface form: judiciary of the Isle of Man
relatedTo	Crown dependencies ⓘ courts of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of the United Kingdom
role	court of record ⓘ
subjectTo	constitutional conventions of the Isle of Man ⓘ
ultimateAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

First Deemster (on advice) → authorityOver → superior courts of the Isle of Man ⓘ

judicial branch of the Isle of Man → hasHighestCourt → superior courts of the Isle of Man ⓘ

this entity surface form: Staff of Government Division of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man

Manx judiciary → hasPart → superior courts of the Isle of Man ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man

Manx judiciary → usesCourtBuilding → superior courts of the Isle of Man ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isle of Man Courts of Justice