Jurisidiction

Question 1

The two types of Jurisdiction

Answer 1

1. Appellate Jurisdiction
2. Original Jurisdiction

Question 2

Original Jurisdiction

Answer 2

• Cases which are first heard of at the level in the court hierarchy
• Referred to as courts of first instance or trial courts
  E.g. Magistrates court, supreme, etc

Question 3

Appellate Jurisdiction

Answer 3

• Authority to hear cases brought on appeal from a lower court in the hierarchy
• Decide whether the decisions in lower courts were made in accordance with the law
• QLD’s most important appellate court: Court of Appeal