Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Royal Arms as used by the Supreme Court[1]
Established	1730
Jurisdiction	Newfoundland and Labrador
Composition method	appointed by the federal government
Authorized by	All criminal and civil proceedings[2]
Appeals to	Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 75
Number of positions	27
Website	court.nl.ca/supreme
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Currently	Raymond P. Whalen
Since	11 December 2014

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador is the superior court for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear appeals in both criminal and civil matters from the Provincial Court and designated boards and administrative tribunals. The court also hear serious criminal cases in the first instances, matters of probate, and family law matters.

The Supreme Court consists of 28 judicial seats including the position of Chief Justice. Of the current justices, 8 sit with supernumerary status.^[3]