Judiciary of Barbados

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The Judiciary of Barbados is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law in Barbados through its system of courts and judicial officers.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
advisedByOnJudicialAppointments Judicial and Legal Service Commission of Barbados ⓘ
appointingAuthorityOfJudges President of Barbados ⓘ
basedOn Barbadian statute law ⓘ
English common law ⓘ
cooperatesWith Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
country Barbados ⓘ
ensures protection of constitutional rights ⓘ
rule of law in Barbados ⓘ
finalAppealJurisdictionCommenced 2005 ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Barbados ⓘ
hasCourt Court of Appeal of Barbados ⓘ
High Court of Barbados ⓘ
Magistrates' Courts of Barbados ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature of Barbados ⓘ
hasCourtOfAppealFunction hearing appeals from High Court ⓘ
hearing appeals from Magistrates' Courts ⓘ
hasCourtType civil court ⓘ
commercial court ⓘ
criminal court ⓘ
family court ⓘ
probate court ⓘ
hasFinalCourtOfAppeal Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
hasFormerFinalAppellateCourt Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
hasHead Chief Justice of Barbados ⓘ
hasHighCourtFunction constitutional matters ⓘ
major civil cases ⓘ
serious criminal trials ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Barbados ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLevel inferior courts ⓘ
superior courts ⓘ
hasMagistratesCourtsFunction small civil claims ⓘ
summary criminal matters ⓘ
hasPrinciple judicial independence ⓘ
hasSeatOfSupremeCourt Bridgetown ⓘ
highestCourtWithinCountry Court of Appeal of Barbados ⓘ
legalTradition Anglo-Caribbean law ⓘ
oversees legal profession regulation (through courts) ⓘ
partOf Government of Barbados ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
responsibleFor application of law ⓘ
interpretation of law ⓘ
subjectTo Constitutional review by its own courts ⓘ
usesLegalSystem common law system ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Barbados Supreme Court → branchOf → Judiciary of Barbados ⓘ
Government of Barbados → judicialBranch → Judiciary of Barbados ⓘ
Chief Justice of Barbados → headOf → Judiciary of Barbados ⓘ
Chief Justice of Barbados → partOf → Judiciary of Barbados ⓘ
Chief Justice of Barbados → branchOfGovernment → Judicial branch of Barbados ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Barbados
High Court of Barbados → partOf → Judiciary of Barbados ⓘ
High Court of Barbados → partOf → Courts of Barbados ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Barbados
Court of Appeal of Barbados → partOf → Judiciary of Barbados ⓘ