Supreme Court of Sierra Leone

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The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone is the highest judicial authority in Sierra Leone, serving as the final court of appeal and the ultimate interpreter of the country’s constitution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of Sierra Leone canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
apexCourtOf Sierra Leone ⓘ
appealBeyond no appeal lies beyond the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone within the national system ⓘ
appealsFrom Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judiciary of Sierra Leone ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Freetown ⓘ
compositionIncludes Chief Justice of Sierra Leone ⓘ
other Justices of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme authority in constitutional interpretation in Sierra Leone ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
decides constitutional cases ⓘ
election petitions of presidential elections ⓘ
final appeals in civil cases ⓘ
final appeals in criminal cases ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
finalityOfDecisions decisions are final and binding in Sierra Leone ⓘ
governmentTypeContext unitary presidential republic of Sierra Leone ⓘ
handles matters of fundamental rights under the Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone ⓘ
High Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasPower adjudication of disputes between branches of government ⓘ
interpretation of constitutional provisions ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Sierra Leone ⓘ
interprets Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
jurisdiction Sierra Leone ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Freetown ⓘ
memberOf judicial system of Sierra Leone ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Sierra Leone ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
role final court of appeal in Sierra Leone ⓘ
highest judicial authority in Sierra Leone ⓘ
ultimate interpreter of the Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
typeOfAppeals civil appeals ⓘ
constitutional appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Freetown → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Government of Sierra Leone → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Constitution of Sierra Leone → establishes → Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Western Area, Sierra Leone → contains → Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Judiciary of Sierra Leone → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Judiciary of Sierra Leone → includesCourt → Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Judiciary of Sierra Leone → finalAppealTo → Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ