Country Nunavut No. of positions 5 Phone +1 867-975-6100 Established 1999 | Location Iqaluit Decisions are appealed to Nunavut Court of Appeal Number of positions 5 | |
Composition method appointed by the federal government Authorized by Address 510, KangiqsIiniq, Iqaluit, NU X0A, Canada Hours Closed now Monday8:30AM–5PMTuesday8:30AM–5PMWednesday8:30AM–5PMThursday8:30AM–5PMFriday8:30AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedSuggest an edit | ||
The Nunavut Court of Justice (short: NUCJ; Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕘᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᔨᒃᑯᑦ, Nunavuumi Iqkaqtuijikkut; Inuinnaqtun: Nunavunmi Maligaliuqtiit) is the superior court and territorial court of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is administered from the Nunavut Justice Centre (Building #510) in Iqaluit. It was established on April 1, 1999 as Canada's only "unified" or single-level court with the consent of Canada, the Office of the Interim Commissioner of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. the Inuit Land Claims representative organization. Prior to the establishment of Nunavut as a separate territory justice was administered through two courts, the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories and the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.
Besides court proceedings in Iqaluit the judges travel as a circuit court to communities throughout the territory to conduct cases.