HC Deb 22 February 1956 vol 549 c35W
58. Mr. Parkin

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will take steps to cheapen and facilitate appeals from the Supreme Court of Seychelles.

Mr. Hare

No. So far as my right hon. Friend is aware, there is no reasonable ground for complaint.

59. Mr. Parkin

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many appeals from judgments of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles have been heard by the Supreme Court of Mauritius and the East African Court of Appeal from December, 1948, to date; how many of these judgments have been quashed, reversed, modified or sent back for retrial; and how many have been upheld.

Mr. Hare

Fourteen cases have been taken on appeal to the Supreme Court in Mauritius and one to the Eastern African Court of Appeal, with the following results:—

(a) Judgment reversed ten
(b) Retrial ordered one
(c) Trial declared a nullity one
(d) Damages increased one
(e) Damages decreased one
(f) Judgment upheld one