Guyana's principal trial court, with unlimited original jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters and exclusive jurisdiction over constitutional redress under Article 153. It applies English common law and equity alongside the surviving Roman-Dutch rules on immovable property, including the distinctive transport system of conveyancing.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Superior court of unlimited original jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Georgetown
- Established
- 1891
- Composition
- The Chief Justice and Puisne Judges; jury trial applies to serious criminal charges.
- Appointment
- Puisne judges are appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission.
- Languages
- English
Where an appeal goes next
Court of Appeal, then the Caribbean Court of Justice.
Filing at this court
- Constitutional redress
- Originating motion to the High Court under Article 153
- Land transfer
- Transport passed in open court, not by private deed
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