• Source: West African Court of Appeal

The West African Court of Appeal (WACA) was a court which served as the appellate court for the British colonies of Gold Coast, Nigeria, Gambia, and Sierra Leone.




History


The WACA was first established in 1867 as the appellate court for British possessions in western Africa. It was abolished in 1874, but was revived in 1928. Jurisdiction over Nigeria was ended in 1954. The court became defunct with the independence of the states which it served. The court was based in Sierra Leone.
Decisions of the court could be appealed with leave to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Sir James Henley Coussey was appointed President of the court in 1955.




List of presidents


192x–193x: Sir George Campbell Deane
1936–1946: Sir Donald Kingdon
1948–1951: Sir Henry William Butler Blackall
1951–1955: Sir Stafford William Powell Foster-Sutton
1955–1958: Sir James Henley Coussey
1958: Sir Hector Horace Hearne (acting)




Notes






References


Bonny Ibhawoh, Imperial Justice: Africans in Empire's Court (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013) ISBN 9780199664849




See also


East African Court of Appeal




External links


Description and Holding Information | 1930-1960, West Africa Court of Appeals, Judgments
WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL CASES).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Universitas Ghana
• Prabowo Subianto
• Harry, Adipati Sussex
• Kota New York
• Perkawinan sejenis
• Cicely Tyson
• Bandar Udara Internasional Raja Shaka
• Hukum penistaan agama
• West African Court of Appeal
• Court of appeal (disambiguation)
• Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)
• WACA
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• East African Court of Appeal
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States courts of appeals
• Appeals Court of Ghana
• Pierre Sarr N'Jie