West Indian Court of Appeal
The West Indian Court of Appeal (WICA) was a court which served as the appellate court for the British colonies of Trinidad and Tobago, British Guiana, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent from 1919 until the creation of the Federal Supreme Court of the West Indies Federation in 1958.
The court was created by the West Indian Court of Appeal Act 1919, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Decisions of the court could be appealed with leave to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
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- Defunct courts
- 1919 establishments in North America
- 1919 establishments in the British Empire
- 1958 disestablishments
- British Guiana
- British Trinidad and Tobago
- History of the Colony of Barbados
- British Leeward Islands
- British Grenada
- British Saint Lucia
- British Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Appellate courts
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