Channel Islands judiciaries

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The Channel Islands judiciaries are the legal systems and courts of the Crown Dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey, responsible for administering justice under their distinct island laws and traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Channel Islands law 2
Channel Islands judiciaries canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial system
legal institution
appliesTo Crown Dependencies
linked to: Crown dependencies

Guernsey
Jersey
basedOn English common law
Norman customary law
cooperatesWith courts of England and Wales
courts of other common law jurisdictions
country Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom
linked to: Crown dependencies
follows local customary law
statute law enacted by island legislatures
governs island laws of Guernsey
island laws of Jersey
hasPart Court of Appeal of Guernsey
Court of Appeal of Jersey
Judiciary of Guernsey
linked to: Guernsey courts

Judiciary of Jersey
Juvenile Court of Guernsey
Juvenile Court of Jersey
Magistrate’s Court of Guernsey
Magistrate’s Court of Jersey
Petty Debts Court of Jersey
Royal Court of Guernsey
Royal Court of Jersey
Tribunals in Guernsey
Tribunals in Jersey
highestAppealTo Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
historicalLanguage French
Jèrriais and Guernésiais legal terminology
includesOffice Deputy Bailiff of Guernsey
Deputy Bailiff of Jersey
Jurats of Guernsey
Jurats of Jersey
Law Officers of the Crown in Guernsey
Law Officers of the Crown in Jersey
Magistrates
Recorders
independentFrom United Kingdom courts in first instance
jurisdiction administrative law matters
civil law matters
criminal law matters
language English
legalSystem mixed legal system
overseenBy Bailiff of Guernsey
Bailiff of Jersey
protects rule of law in the Channel Islands
responsibleFor administration of justice in Guernsey
administration of justice in Jersey

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Referenced by (3)

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

Manx judiciary cooperatesWith Channel Islands judiciaries
Code of 1771 category Channel Islands law
linked to: Channel Islands judiciaries
Norman law influenced Channel Islands law
linked to: Channel Islands judiciaries