The Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands is established by article 85 of the Constitution, with such jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine appeals in civil and criminal matters as the Constitution or Parliament confer on it. Its judges are a President and such other Justices of Appeal as Parliament may prescribe, together with the Chief Justice, the Deputy Chief Justice and the puisne judges of the High Court, who are judges of the Court ex officio. The Governor-General appoints the President of the Court of Appeal, and the other Justices of Appeal, acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission. The World Factbook archive lists the Court of Appeal ahead of the High Court among the highest courts of the country, and describes the legal system as a mixed system of English common law and customary law.
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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Solomon Islands, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Source Prime Minister v Governor General [1999], judgment of the Court of Appeal of Solomon IslandsJudgment of the Court of Appeal, place of hearing Honiara (seat)Quote, Judgment of the Court of Appeal, place of hearing Honiara (seat)
Date and Place of Hearing: 23rd October 1998 at Honiara
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Source Solomon Islands 1978 (rev. 2018) Constitution, Court of Appeal, Constitute ProjectArticle 85, Court of Appeal for Solomon IslandsQuote, Article 85, Court of Appeal for Solomon Islands
There shall be a Court of Appeal for Solomon Islands which shall have such jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine appeals in civil and criminal matters as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or by Parliament.
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1. Solomon Islands 1978 (rev. 2018) Constitution, Court of Appeal, Constitute Project
Article 85, establishment of the Court of Appeal
There shall be a Court of Appeal for Solomon Islands which shall have such jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine appeals in civil and criminal matters as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or by Parliament.
Article 85, national appellate jurisdiction
There shall be a Court of Appeal for Solomon Islands which shall have such jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine appeals in civil and criminal matters as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or by Parliament.
Article 85, judges of the Court of Appeal, President and Justices of Appeal
a President and such number of other Justices of Appeal, if any, as may be prescribed by Parliament;
Article 85, judges of the High Court sit ex officio
the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and the puisne judges of the High Court, who shall be judges of the Court ex officio.
Article 86, appointment of the President of the Court of Appeal
The President of the Court of Appeal shall be appointed by the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.
Article 86, appointment of the other Justices of Appeal
The other Justices of Appeal shall be appointed by the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.
View the Source2. Central Intelligence Agency: Solomon Islands, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyGovernment, constitution, history, the 1978 Constitution that establishes the Court of Appeal
adopted 31 May 1978, effective 7 July 1978
Government, judicial branch, highest court
Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and ex officio members including the High Court chief justice and puisne judges);
In Category: Courts, Government, judicial branch, courts of Solomon Islands
Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and ex officio members including the High Court chief justice and puisne judges);
In Legal System: Mixed Systems, Government, legal system
mixed system of English common law and customary law
View the Source 3. Prime Minister v Governor General [1999], judgment of the Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands
Judgment of the Court of Appeal, place of hearing HoniaraQuote, Judgment of the Court of Appeal, place of hearing Honiara
Date and Place of Hearing: 23rd October 1998 at Honiara
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