Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)
Coat of Arms of the Supreme Court
Established	1975
Country	Canada: Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Location	St. John's
Authorized by	Judicature Amendment Act, 1974
No. of positions	6
Website	Court of Appeal
Chief Justice
Currently	Raymond P Whalen
Since	22 December 2014

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) is at the top of the hierarchy of courts for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Legally, the Court of Appeal is the appeal division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador and derives its powers and jurisdiction from the Judicature Amendment Act, 1974.

The separate Court of Appeal was established in 1975 and comprises the Chief Justice and 5 other justices. Prior to that both trial and appeals were carried out in the Supreme Court, where the individual judges routinely acted as a trial judges but, in the event of an appeal, would sit together (en banc) to hear it.

The Court now hears appeals of all type from the Supreme Court Trial Division's General Division, Family Division, Provincial Court, and a number of boards and tribunals. Decisions are subject to final appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to 1949, when Newfoundland became a province of Canada, final appeals passed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which was the highest court for the British Empire and Commonwealth. (For a list of Newfoundland decisions from the Judicial Committee, see: List of Newfoundland Cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (pre-1949)).

Supernumerary Justices are marked with a star.

Source (1791–1880):

Court of Civil Jurisdiction founded 1791
Supeme Court of Judicature of the Island of Newfoundland founded 1792
Supreme Court of Newfoundland founded 1824
Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal founded 1975.

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