Zimbabwe · Courts
Court structure of Zimbabwe
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional — Constitutional Court
- Standalone court created in 2013; final authority on constitutional questions.
- Final appellate — Supreme Court
- Final court of appeal in non-constitutional matters.
- Superior — High Court
- Unlimited original civil and criminal jurisdiction.
- First instance — Magistrates' courts
- The bulk of criminal and lower-value civil work.
- Customary — Customary law and local courts
- Chiefs' and headmen's courts applying customary law.
- Specialised — Labour Court and Administrative Court
- Employment and administrative-review jurisdictions.
Every court in the hierarchy
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