High Court of Ghana

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The High Court of Ghana is a superior court of record that handles serious civil and criminal cases and exercises supervisory jurisdiction over lower courts within Ghana’s judicial system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
High Court of Ghana canonical 13
below Supreme Court of Ghana 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
appealsFrom Circuit Courts of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Ghana ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesInConsultationWith Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesOnAdviceOf Judicial Council of Ghana ⓘ
canIssue orders of certiorari ⓘ
orders of habeas corpus ⓘ
orders of mandamus ⓘ
orders of prohibition ⓘ
prerogative writs ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
exercisesPower supervisory jurisdiction over lower courts ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Courts Act of Ghana ⓘ
hasDivision Civil Division ⓘ
Commercial Division ⓘ
Criminal Division ⓘ
Family and Juvenile Division ⓘ
Human Rights Division ⓘ
Labour Division ⓘ
Land Court Division ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana

administrative law matters as assigned by law ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
constitutional matters as assigned by law ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
headedBy Justices of the High Court ⓘ
hearsCases appeals from lower courts where provided by law ⓘ
serious civil cases ⓘ
serious criminal cases ⓘ
languageOfCourt English ⓘ
locatedIn Accra ⓘ
regional capitals of Ghana ⓘ
partOf Judicial branch of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
rankInJudicialHierarchy above Circuit Courts of Ghana ⓘ
above District Courts of Ghana ⓘ
below Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
below Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Ghana
reviews decisions of inferior courts for error of law ⓘ
subjectTo oversight of Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
supervises Circuit Courts of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana ⓘ
other inferior courts and tribunals as prescribed by law ⓘ
typeOfCases first instance trials in serious matters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

judicial branch of Ghana → includesCourt → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → includesCourt → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → superiorCourtsInclude → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → oversees → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana → hearsAppealsTo → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: District Courts
District Courts of Ghana → decisionsReviewableBy → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: District Courts
District Courts of Ghana → relatedTo → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: District Courts
Chief Justice of Ghana → jurisdiction → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana → supervisedBy → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana → appealsTo → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana → relatedTo → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Ghana → reviewsDecisionsFrom → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Ghana → canSetPrecedentFor → High Court of Ghana ⓘ
High Court of Ghana → rankInJudicialHierarchy → below Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Ghana