The apex domestic court of a genuinely hybrid system: substantive private law follows the French Code Civil while procedure, evidence and public law follow English models. Final appeal lies to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Superior court of record in a hybrid system
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Port Louis
- Established
- 1850
- Composition
- Chief Justice, Senior Puisne Judge and puisne judges
- Languages
- English, French
Where an appeal goes next
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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