High Court (Fiji)

High Court (Fiji)

The High Court of Fiji is one of three courts established by of the Constitution, the others being the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. The Constitution empowers Parliament to create other courts; these are subordinate to the High Court, which is authorized to oversee all proceedings of such courts. The High Court has unlimited original jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil or criminal proceedings under any law and such other original jurisdiction as is conferred on it under the Constitution.

The High Court consists of the Chief Justice and at least ten puisne judges. Parliament may also allow for junior judges, called Masters of the High Court, to sit on the High Court. Section 129 of the Constitution declares that "A judge who has sat in a trial of a matter that is the subject of appeal to a higher court must not sit in the appeal." As the membership of the High Court overlaps to a large extent with that of the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court, this clause is inserted to prevent a conflict of interest.

ee also

* Constitution of Fiji: Chapter 9 (detailing the composition and role of the judiciary)

External links

* [http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/fiji.htm Jurist Legal Intelligence - Fiji Islands]


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