Editing Turks and Caicos Islands (section)

===Judiciary===
The judicial branch of government is headed by a Supreme Court; appeals are heard by the Court of Appeal and final appeals by the United Kingdom's [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]].<ref name="cia.gov"/> There are three justices of the Supreme Court, a Chief Justice and two others. The Court of Appeal consists of a president and at least two justices of appeal.

Magistrates' Courts are the lower courts and appeals from Magistrates' Courts are sent to the Supreme Court.

As of April 2020, the Chief Justice is Justice [[Mabel Agyemang]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Isles |first=Delana |title=New chief justice takes the bench |url=https://tcweeklynews.com/new-chief-justice-takes-the-bench-p10499-127.htm |url-status=live |date=4 April 2020 |newspaper=Turks and Caicos Weekly News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216014042/https://tcweeklynews.com/new-chief-justice-takes-the-bench-p10499-127.htm |archive-date=2021-12-16}}</ref>

==== List of chief justices ====
{{Main|Category: Chief justices of the Turks and Caicos Islands}}
* 1985–1987: [[John Fieldsend|John Charles Rowell Fieldsend]]
* 1987–1990: [[Frederick Smith (barrister)|Frederick Smith]]
* 1998–2004: [[Richard Ground|Richard William Ground]]
* 2004–2007: Christopher James Ellis Gardner
* 2008–2012: [[Gordon Ward (judge)|Frederick Gordon Roy Ward]]
* 2014–2020: [[Margaret Ramsay-Hale]]
* 2020–present: [[Mabel Agyemang|Mabel Maame Agyemang]]