Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

PART FIFTH
APPEALS TO HER MAJESTY

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    922-966.   (Repealed by Act 17 of 1953)

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    967.   Subject to the provisions of such Rules and Regulations as Her Majesty in Council shall think fit to establish by Order in Council or otherwise, an appeal shall lie to Her Majesty in Council

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      1.     as of right from any final judgment, decree, order, ruling, sentence or decision of the Supreme Court, or of the Court of Appeal for the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands, where the matter in dispute on the appeal amounts to or is of the value of 1,440 sterling or upwards, or where the appeal involves, directly or indirectly, some claim or question to or respecting property or some civil right amounting to or of the value of $1,440; and

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      2.     at the discretion of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal for the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands from any other judgment, decree, order, ruling, sentence or decision of the Supreme Court or of the said Court of Appeal, whether final or interlocutory, if in the opinion of the Court whose judgment, decree, order, ruling, sentence or decision is sought to be appealed from, the question involved in the appeal is one which, by reason of its great general or public importance or otherwise, ought to be submitted to Her Majesty in Council for decision. (Substituted by Act 11 of 1909, s. 2 and amended by Act 17 of 1953, s.8)

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    968.   Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to interfere with the right of Her Majesty, upon the humble petition of any person aggrieved by any judgment of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal for the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands, to admit his or her appeal thereform upon such conditions as Her Majesty in Council shall think fit to impose. (Revised 1916 Ed. Vol. II p. 1060, and amended by Act 17 of 1953, s. 8)