Zambia · Courts
Court structure of Zambia
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional — Constitutional Court
- Created in 2016; constitutional matters and presidential election petitions.
- Final appellate — Supreme Court
- Final court of appeal in non-constitutional matters.
- Appellate — Court of Appeal
- Also created in 2016, sitting between the High Court and the Supreme Court.
- Superior — High Court
- Unlimited original jurisdiction, with commercial, family and industrial relations divisions.
- First instance — Subordinate and local courts
- Magistrates' courts and local courts applying customary law.
Every court in the hierarchy
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