Seychelles · Courts
Court structure of Seychelles
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Final appellate — Court of Appeal
- Final court for civil, criminal and constitutional appeals.
- Constitutional — Constitutional Court
- The Supreme Court sitting in its constitutional jurisdiction.
- Superior — Supreme Court
- Unlimited original jurisdiction, with commercial and family divisions.
- First instance — Magistrates' courts
- Minor civil and criminal matters.
- Specialised — Employment Tribunal and Rent Board
- Statutory tribunals with appeal to the Supreme Court.
Every court in the hierarchy
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