Created by the Nauru Court of Appeal Act 2018 after Nauru terminated the agreement that had allowed appeals to the High Court of Australia, effective March 2018. Nauru therefore now has no foreign final court — a change that is frequently mis-stated, and any description of Nauru appealing to Australia in the present tense is wrong. The bench is constituted from non-resident judges and sits in sessions.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Court of final appeal
- Jurisdiction
- Final appeals from the Supreme Court of Nauru in civil, criminal and constitutional matters.
- Seat
- Yaren
- Established
- 2018
- Composition
- Three judges appointed for the sitting, typically from Australia, New Zealand or the wider Pacific.
- Appointment
- Appointed by the President under the Nauru Court of Appeal Act 2018.
- Languages
- English, Nauruan
Where an appeal goes next
None. This is the final court.
Filing at this court
- Notice of appeal
- Within 30 days of the Supreme Court decision
- Sittings
- The court sits in sessions rather than continuously
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