Welcome to the new SeyLII website. Enjoy an improved search engine and new collections. If you are used to accessing SeyLII via Google, note Google will take some time to re-index the site.

We are still busy migrating some of the old content. If you need anything in particular from the old website, it will be available for a while longer at https://old.seylii.org/

Latest judgments

Courts - setting aside of judgments- Supreme Court - jurisdiction - Article 125 of the Constitution - Courts Act - superior court of unlimited jurisdiction - substantive inherent jurisdiction at Common Law - jurisdiction conferred by Courts Act as transposed to the Court of Appeal by force of Constitutional provisions - all courts are invested with inherent powers to give effect to the whole of their jurisdiction - Court of Appeal - inherent power - procedural inherent jurisdiction - authority to reopen a judgment and rehear a matter - if the criteria for setting aside have been met  - abus