High Court of Justice (Isle of Man)

Unless the parties otherwise consent, the quorum of the Appeal Division is at least two judges of the High Court.

At present, there is a panel of acting deemsters, who may be called upon to assist in the discharge of the business of the High Court.

[16] There are now two tiers of judges:— At the same time the separate Chancery, Common Law and Family Divisions were merged into a single Civil Division, and the procedure of the court was reformed on similar lines to the English Civil Procedure Rules 1998.

Juries are normally composed of seven persons (unlike the usual twelve in England or fifteen in Scotland).

In 1992 the last-ever death sentence in any court in the British Isles was pronounced by Deemster Callow upon Anthony Teare for murder (although a sentence of life imprisonment was subsequently imposed following a retrial).