Supreme Court of Gristol-Serkonos

Supreme Court of Gristol-Serkonos Supremus Curia Høyesterett Hadíashëdahgwa’
Established	8 April 1870 (8 April 1870)
Location	Édifice Arnaude Coste Pontiac-Bernadotte Gristol-Serkonos
Composition method	Appointed by the Monarchs under the advise of the Chancellor.
Judge term length	Mandatory retirement age of 80.
Number of positions	9
Jurist-General of Gristol-Serkonos
Currently	Oliver Lund
Since	27 August 2008
Lead position ends	27 August 2047

The Supreme Court of Gristol-Serkonos (Latin: Supremus Curia, Nordic: Høyesterett, Kanienʼkéha: Hadíashëdahgwa’) (initialism: SCGS) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom and Constitutional Union of Gristol-Serkonos. It is responsible for all civil cases and for criminal cases originating in the Constituent Kingdom of Gristol and the Constituent League of Serkonos. As the highest appellate court for these matters, it hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the country. The Court sits in the Édifice Arnaude Coste on the western grounds of the Palace of the People in Pontiac-Bernadotte.

Under the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, the Supreme Court of Gristol-Serkonos has a limited powers in judicial review. It cannot overturn any primary legislation passed by Parliament or the Legislatures of the Constituent Countries. However, it can overturn secondary legislation if, for instance, found the legislation to be beyond the powers of the primary legislation.

Membership

Jurists appointed to the Supreme Court are appointed by the Monarchs on the advise of the Chancellor.

The Establishment of the Federal Supreme Court Act limits the appointment to persons who have been judges of a superior court or members of the bar for ten years. The position of Jurist-General is approved by the Legislatures of the Constituent Countries upon the advise of the Chancellor. Only when the Legislatures approved of the nominee can they be appointed by the Monarchs. By convention, appointments for the eight remaining Puisne-Jursts are divided between the two Constituent Countries.

OP	Justice	Nominated by	Date appointed	Retirement date	Prior judicial office	Law school attended
1	Jurist-General Oliver Lund	Chancellor Atená:ti Archer	27 August 2008	27 August 2047	Superior Court of Gristol Court of Appeal for Gristol	UGS Lenangen, Faculty of Law
2	Puisne-Jurist Kyllian Clément	Chancellor Atená:ti Archer	4 September 2010	4 September 2058	Superior Court of Drachten Court of Appeal for Drachten	UGS Lenangen, Faculty of Law
3	Puisne-Jurist Kó:r Stephens	Chancellor Atená:ti Archer	19 July 2013			LMU-Nowadaga, Faculty of Law
4	Puisne-Jurist	Chancellor Stuart Lewis	3 December 2015			LMU-Nowadaga, Faculty of Law
5	Puisne-Jurist	Chancellor Stuart Lewis	19 August 2017			UGS Lenangen, Faculty of Law
6	Puisne-Jurist	Chancellor Stuart Lewis	19 October 2019		High Court of Law for Wahta	LMU-Nowadaga, Faculty of Law
7	Puisne-Jurist Ratonhnhaké:ton Deer-Santiago	Chancellor Kaniehtí:io Fox	3 March 2020		High Court of Law for Serkonos The Law Bench of Serkonos	UGS Lenangen, Faculty of Law
8	Puisne-Jurist Rafaël Arendonk	Chancellor Kaniehtí:io Fox	2 May 2022			UGS Lenangen, Faculty of Law
9	Puisne-Jurist Stan Van den Andel	Chancellor Kaniehtí:io Fox	8 November 2023			LMU-Nowadaga, Faculty of Law