The Jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Turks and Saint Christopher British Antigua COUNTRY Bahamas Caicos Islands and Nevis Virgin Islands Anguilla Bermuda and Barbuda Saint Lucia Isle of Man Guernsey Cyprus Brunei Kiribati Tuvalu
TERRITORIAL Constitutional United Kingdom Constitutional United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom Constitutional Constitutional Crown Crown Sovereign By Agreement between Her Commonwealth Constitutional STATUS Monarchy Overseas Territory Monarchy Overseas Territory Overseas Territory Overseas Territory Monarchy Monarchy Dependency Dependency Base Areas Majesty and the Sultan Independent Republics Monarchy Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Appeals to local Appeals to the Appeals to Her JURISDICTION The jurisdiction of the Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Majesty in Council Head of State Judicial Committee Majesty in Council Judicial Committee of the Privy Council In the 1930s the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was said to be the final court of appeal for more than a quarter of the world.
When the British empire became the Commonwealth of Nations, many member countries chose to retain their legal links with the United Kingdom. Today, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council still hears appeals from many countries worldwide.
Outside the British Empire 1937 jurisdiction Present day jurisdiction United Kingdom COUNTRY Cayman Islands Jamaica
Although the Judicial Committee is primarily the final Court of Appeal TERRITORIAL United Kingdom Constitutional for Commonwealth territories which have retained the appeal to Her STATUS Overseas Territory Monarchy Appeals to Her Appeals to Her Majesty in Council, it has a varied domestic jurisdiction, some of JURISDICTION which is now enshrined in statute. This too derives from the premise Majesty in Council Majesty in Council that the King was “the fountain of all justice”. Veterinary Surgeons Pastoral Measure 1983 Appeals from Arches of Canterbury and the Chancery of Court of York Prize Courts House of Commons Disqualification Act S.4 1833 Judicial Committee Act Court of Admiralty of Cinque Ports British Antarctic Falkland South Georgia and Trinidad St Helena, Ascension Saint Vincent and British Indian Cook Islands COUNTRY Territory Pitcairn Islands Montserrat Islands South Sandwich Is. and Tobago and Tristan da Cunha Grenada The Grenadines Mauritius Gibraltar Ocean Territory Jersey and Niue
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