Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court/ Court of Appeal Court: Court Calendar 2021-2023

Jurisdiction
Turks and Caicos Islands
Citation
Government Notice 795 of 2020
Primary work
Supreme Court Ordinance
Date
6 November 2020
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court/ Court of Appeal Court: Court Calendar 2021-2023

Government Notice 795 of 2020

In accordance with section 3 of the Supreme Court (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 which substitutes a new section 15 for the Principal Ordinance; and in accordance with section 3 of the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Ordinance which introduces section 20A into the Principal Ordinance, the following mechanism for the arrangement of the Supreme Court/Court of Appeal Calendar is set out:
1.Mechanism
i.The First Term of the Court’ Calendar will commence on the 4th of January each year after a Christmas recess which will begin on the 23rd of December of each year.
ii.The First Term will end on the Thursday before Easter.
iii.The Second Term will commence after the Easter Recess, on the first Monday after Easter Monday, and will end on the 31st day of July of each year.
iv.Where 31st July of a year is a non-working day, the Second Term will end on the last working day before the 31st of July of that year. This will be followed by a six-week Long Vacation which will end on the third Tuesday of September.
v.There is now established a three-day Continuing Judicial Education period commencing on the third Wednesday of September of every year, during which Judges/Magistrates and Registrars must attend seminars and workshops organised for greater efficiency.
vi.The Third Term will begin on the last Monday of September, and will end on the 22nd of December of every year.
vii.The Christmas Recess which commences on the 23rd of December of each year, will end on the 3rd January.
2.The following dates are set out in the Supreme Court/Court of Appeal Calendar for 2020 - 2023.
2021 Calendar
First TermMonday 4 January - Thursday 1 April, 2021
Easter RecessGood Friday 2 April - 9 April, 2021
Second TermMonday 12 April - Friday 30 July, 2021
Long VacationMonday 2nd August - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
Continuing Judicial EducationWednesday 22nd September -Friday 24th September, 2021
Third TermMonday 27th September - Wednesday 22 December, 2021
Christmas Recess23 December, 2021 - 3 January 2022
3.2022 Calendar
First TermTuesday 4 January 2022 - Thursday 14 April, 2022
Easter RecessGood Friday 15 April 2022 - 22 April, 2022
Second TermMonday 25 April 2022 - Friday 29 July, 2022
Long VacationMonday 1 August 2022 - Tuesday 20th September, 2022
Continuing Judicial EducationWednesday 21 September 2022 - Friday 23rd September, 2022
Third TermMonday 26th September 2022 - Thursday 22nd December, 2022
Christmas RecessFriday 23 December, 2022 - 3 January, 2023
4.2023 Calendar
First Term4 January 2023 - Thursday 6 April, 2023
Easter RecessGood Friday 7 April 2023 - Friday 14 April, 2023
Second TermMonday 17 April 2023 - Friday 28 July, 2023
Long VacationTuesday 1 August 2023 - Tuesday 19 September, 2023
Continuing Judicial EducationWednesday 20 September - Friday 22nd September, 2023
Third TermMonday 25th September - Friday 22nd December, 2023
Christmas RecessSaturday 23 December, 2023 - Wednesday 3 January, 2024
5.Transitioning
In order to bring the provisions of the Supreme Court (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 which came into force on 1st November 2020 into effect, and to transition the Supreme Court onto a Term Calendar, there will be a Christmas Recess in 2020 which begins on 22nd December 2020, and ends on the 3rd of January 2021.Issued on 2nd November, 2020By Mabel M. AgyemangChief Justice
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