judiciary of the Falkland Islands

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The judiciary of the Falkland Islands is the independent system of courts and judges responsible for interpreting and applying the law in this British Overseas Territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appliesIn Falkland Islands ⓘ
appointedBy Governor of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
basedOn English common law ⓘ
local Falkland Islands legislation ⓘ
belongsTo British Overseas Territories legal systems ⓘ
cooperatesWith judiciaries of other British Overseas Territories ⓘ
country Falkland Islands ⓘ
ensures rule of law in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
finalAppealTo Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
governorRepresents British monarch ⓘ
guarantees judicial independence in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
handles appeals from Magistrates’ Court ⓘ
major civil disputes ⓘ
serious criminal cases ⓘ
hasCourt Coroner’s Court of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Court of Appeal of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Magistrates’ Court of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Summary Court of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
hasPosition Chief Justice of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Justice of the Peace of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Senior Magistrate of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
interprets Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008 ⓘ
laws of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystemType common law legal system ⓘ
mayInclude visiting judges from the United Kingdom ⓘ
oversees administrative law in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
civil law in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
criminal law in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
partOf government of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
privyCouncilLocatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
protects fundamental rights under the Falkland Islands Constitution ⓘ
region South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic
reviews acts of the executive branch of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
legislation of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
secondHighestCourt Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
subordinateTo constitution of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
uses juries in some criminal trials ⓘ

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

Government of the Falkland Islands → hasBranch → judiciary of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
judiciary of the Falkland Islands → hasCourt → Summary Court of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of the Falkland Islands