The courts where the overwhelming majority of cases begin and end. Courts sit in Nassau, Freeport and on several Family Islands, which matters in an archipelago where travel to a court can require a flight. Magistrates also conduct preliminary enquiries to decide whether an indictable charge should be sent to the superior court for trial.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- Court of summary jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction
- Summary criminal offences, preliminary enquiries into indictable charges, small civil claims, and family and maintenance matters.
- Seat
- Nassau
- Composition
- Magistrates sitting alone, without a jury.
- Languages
- English
Where an appeal goes next
Appeal to the Court of Appeal.
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