The Court of Appeal in Chancery was created in 1851 to hear appeals of decisions and decrees made in the
Chancery Court. The appeals in the court were heard by the
Lord Chancellor
The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. The ...
alone, or as a tripartite panel (supplemented by two
Lords Justices of Appeal
A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Justice ...
). Cases here could be further appealed to the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...
.
Previous mechanism
Prior to the creation of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, the Lord Chancellor of the Chancery Court heard appeals as part of the Chancery Court caseload.
Functions
The court was created in 1851 to hear appeals of decisions made by the Vice Chancellors and the Master of the Rolls in
Chancery Court. The appeals in the court were heard by the
Lord Chancellor
The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. The ...
alone as under the previous mechanism, or as a tripartite panel (supplemented by two
Lords Justices of Appeal
A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Justice ...
). Cases here could be further appealed to the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...
.
Successor court
The Court of Appeal in Chancery became incorporated into and superseded by
Court of Appeal of England and Wales
The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to ...
, uniting the other common branches of the civil law and all of the criminal law, which was established later in 1875.
Ireland
Analogous to the English court, the Court of Appeal in Chancery in Ireland was created in 1857 to hear appeals from the
Irish Court of Chancery
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
, and also from the
Encumbered Estates' Court
The Encumbered Estates' Court was established by an Act of the British Parliament in 1849, to facilitate the sale of Irish estates whose owners, because of the Great Famine, were unable to meet their obligations. It was given authority to sell est ...
.
[Chancery Appeal Court (Ireland) Act 185]
19 & 20 Vict. c. 92
/ref> It was subsumed into the Court of Appeal in Ireland
The Court of Appeal in Ireland was created by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 as the final appellate court within Ireland, then under British rule. A las ...
created by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought about a major reorganisation of the superior courts in Ireland. It created a Supreme Court of Judicature, comprising the High C ...
. Sitting with the Lord Chancellor of Ireland was a single Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery in Ireland, Francis Blackburne
Francis Blackburne PC (Ire) KS (11 November 1782 – 17 September 1867) was an Irish judge and eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
Background
Born at Great Footstown in County Meath, he was the son of Richard Blackburne of Great Foo ...
until 1866 and Jonathan Christian
Jonathan Christian, SL, QC, PC (I) (17 February 1808 in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary – 29 October 1887 in Dublin), was an Irish judge. He served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1856 to 1858. He was a judge of the Court of Common P ...
from 1867.
References
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Courts and tribunals established in 1851
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Former courts and tribunals in England and Wales
1851 establishments in the United Kingdom
1875 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Courts and tribunals disestablished in 1875