High court

This article is about appellate courts. For the American rock band, seeThe High Court (band).For the Comedy Central series, seeThe High Court with Doug Benson.

Not to be confused withHigh Court of ParliamentorHigh Court of Justice.

Tokyo High Court

High Court of Australia

While theTokyo High Courtis a second instanceappellate court,which islowerthan theSupreme Court of Japan,theHigh Court of Australiais the nationalsupreme court.Yet both of courts are namedhigh court.

High courtis a name for a variety of courts, often with jurisdiction over the most serious issues.

For countries with acivil law system,the term 'high court' usually refers toappellate courtdealing with first stage of appeal from a trial court, serving as an intermediate body before appeal to theconstitutional court,court of cassation,supreme court,or other highest judicial body.

TheTokyo High CourtofJapanis an example of such a body, hearing appeals from district courts (the general trial courts)

Incommon lawcountries, mainly those in the formerBritish Empire,the high court is often thesuperior trial court,and has plenary original jurisdiction, with lower courts (such asdistrict courtsormagistrates' courts) having limited jurisdiction; often, the high court tries the most serious offences such as murder, rape, and terrorism.

Additionally, a high court may serve as an intermediate appellate body before appeal to asupremeorconstitutional court.Some jurisdictions, especiallyfederations,may have multiple high courts each with jurisdiction over a particular region. One notable exception is theHigh Court of Australia,which has both original and appellate jurisdiction in addition to performing constitutional court-like functions. The tasks of a typical Commonwealth high court are handled by thestate supreme courtsand theFederal Court.

List of high courts

Alphabetically by name of associated country:

• High Court of Australia
• High Court of Bhutan
• High Court of Botswana
• High people's courtsinChina
• TheEasternandWesternhigh courts of Denmark
• High Court of Justice(England and Wales), presided over by aHigh Court judgeof that jurisdiction
• High Court of Eswatini
• High Court of Fiji
• High Court (France)
• High Court (Germany)
• Supreme Court of Judicature (Guyana)
• High Court of the Hong Kong SAR
• High courts of India,several courts
• High Court (Ireland)
• High Court of Justice (Isle of Man)
• High courts of Japan
• Haute Cour of Jerusalem
• High Court of Kenya
• High Court (Lesotho)
• High court (Malaysia),two courts
• High Court (Maldives)(not the Supreme Court)
• High Court (Morocco)
• High Court (Nepal)
• High Court of New Zealand
• High Court (Niue)
• High Court of Justice (Northern Ireland)
• High courts of Pakistan,several courts
• High Court of Cassation and Justice(Romania)
• High Court of Justiciary(Scotland)
• High Court of Singapore
• High Court of Sri Lanka
• High Court of South Africa
• Spanishhigh courts of justice,several courts
• High court (Taiwan),several courts
• High Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
• High Court of Tuvalu

See also

• TheRoman Rota,and, in exceptional cases, theApostolic Signatura,are the high courts of the Holy See and Vatican City, under the Pope, who can choose to intervene afterward or beforehand, and has final say
• High Court of Justice
• Superior court
• Appellate court
• Supreme court
• List of supreme courts by country

External links

• High Court (Zambia)