Parish Courts of Jamaica

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The Parish Courts of Jamaica are local first-instance courts that handle the majority of civil and criminal matters across the island’s parishes under the oversight of the Supreme Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system
trial court
administrativeHead Chief Justice of Jamaica
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Jamaica
country Jamaica
courtType first-instance court
fundedBy Government of Jamaica
governedBy Constitution of Jamaica
Judicature (Parish Courts) Act
handles civil matters
criminal matters
family matters
minor criminal offences
small claims
some indictable offences
traffic offences
hasSpecializedDivision Family Court
linked to: Family Courts

Night Court
linked to: Night Courts

Traffic Court
hasSubdivision Parish Court for Clarendon
Parish Court for Hanover
Parish Court for Kingston and St. Andrew
Parish Court for Manchester
Parish Court for Portland
Parish Court for St. Andrew (Criminal)
Parish Court for St. Ann
Parish Court for St. Catherine
Parish Court for St. Elizabeth
Parish Court for St. James
Parish Court for St. Mary
Parish Court for St. Thomas
Parish Court for Trelawny
Parish Court for Westmoreland
hearsAppealsFrom Petty Sessions Courts
jurisdiction Jamaica
jurisdictionLevel parish
languageOfProceedings English
legalSystem common law
levelInHierarchy below Supreme Court of Jamaica
locatedIn various parish capitals of Jamaica
overseenBy Chief Justice of Jamaica
partOf Judicature of Jamaica
predecessor Resident Magistrates’ Courts of Jamaica
primaryFunction adjudication of local disputes
enforcement of criminal law at parish level
renamedFrom Resident Magistrates’ Courts
renamingYear 2016
supervisingCourt Supreme Court of Jamaica

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Referenced by (4)

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

Supreme Court of Jamaica supervises Parish Courts of Jamaica
Morant Bay Courthouse jurisdiction Saint Thomas Parish Court
linked to: Parish Courts of Jamaica
Judiciary of Jamaica hasCourt Parish Courts of Jamaica
Court of Appeal of Jamaica hasAuthorityOver Parish Courts of Jamaica (in appellate matters)
linked to: Parish Courts of Jamaica