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The judiciary of Jamaica is based on the judiciary of the United Kingdom. [1] The courts are organized at four levels, with additional provision for appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court. The Supreme Court has unlimited jurisdiction in all cases, and sits as the ...
The chief justice of Jamaica is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in ...
The judiciary also is modelled on the British system. The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in Jamaica. Under certain circumstances, cases may be appealed to Britain's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Jamaica's parishes have elected councils that exercise limited powers of local government.
Judges of the Court of Appeal; Judges of the Supreme Court; Chairman of the Public Service Commission; Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force; Commissioner of Police; Mayors and Chairmen of Parish Councils (except on municipal occasions, when they take precedence immediately after the Prime Minister) Custodes of Parishes; Chief of State ...
On 7 July 1997, McCalla was appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court. She stood down from that appointment on 10 April 2006, when she was appointed a Judge of Appeal. In 2006, she was also an Acting Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. On 27 June 2007, McCalla was appointed the Chief Justice of Jamaica.
The Caribbean Court of Justice ( CCJ or CCtJ; Dutch: Caribisch Hof van Justitie; French: Cour Caribéenne de Justice [1]) is the judicial institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Established in 2005, it is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago . The Caribbean Court of Justice has two jurisdictions: an original jurisdiction and an ...
Bryan Sykes (judge) Bryan Sykes OJ is a Jamaican judge. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of Jamaica on 1 February 2018 and was sworn in on 1 March 2018. [1] [2] The Honourable. Bryan Sykes.
Area of law. Joint enterprise. R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8 was a 2016 judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom that reversed previous case law on joint enterprise. The Supreme Court delivered its ruling jointly with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which was considering an appeal from Jamaica, Ruddock v The Queen [2016] UKPC 7.