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        COURT OF APPEAL

 

JURISDICTIONS

The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court for criminal cases.   Court of Appeals hear cases from High Court and Intermediate Court both in civil and criminal cases.   Appeal of civil. cases heard from the Court of Appeal  will be heard before the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council in London  (provided all parties agree to do so before hearing of the appeal in the Brunei Darussalam Court of Appeal.).

The Court of Appeal t only sits twice a year, usually in April and November.   The Court of Appeal  composed of three judges:-

President of the Court of Appeal:

Sir Noel Plunkett Power

and two judges sworn in by His Majesty the Sultan as Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court

Court of Appeal Judges:

John Barry Mortimer                                                          Henry Lintton                                                                  Geoffrey Lance Davies