KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban

KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban
Jurisdiction	Coastal districts of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Location	Durban
Coordinates	29.8621°S 31.0194°E / -29.8621; 31.0194
Composition method	Presidential appointment on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission
Authorized by	Chp. 8 of the Constitution; Supreme Court Act, 1959
Decisions are appealed to	Supreme Court of Appeal or Constitutional Court
Judge President
Currently	Chiman Patel

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban (formerly the Durban & Coast Local Division and commonly known as the Durban High Court) is one of the High Courts of South Africa. It sits at Durban and has general jurisdiction over the coastal districts of KwaZulu-Natal. It is a local division subordinate to the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Pietermaritzburg, and as such it is does not have its own Judge President but is under the leadership of the Judge President of the Pietermaritzburg court. It is only a court of first instance and does not have appellate jurisdiction; appeals from the magistrates' courts must be heard at Pietermaritzburg.

External links

• Judgments of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban since 2009
• Judgments of the KwaZulu-Natal High Courts up to 2009