Court Of Chancery Of The County Palatine Of Lancaster

The Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster was a court of chancery that exercised jurisdiction within the County Palatine of Lancaster until it was merged into the High Court in 1972.

Relevant legislation

The court was regulated by the following Acts in particular:

*The Court of Chancery of Lancaster Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict c 43)
*The Court of Chancery of Lancaster Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict c 82)
*The Chancery of Lancaster Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 23)
*The Court of Chancery of Lancaster Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo 6 and Eliz 2 c 49)
*The Court of Chancery of Lancaster (Amendment) Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz 2 c 38)

All of these Acts were repealed by section 56 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Courts Act 1971.

Funds in court

Section 52 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956 provided:

Evidence of foreign law

See sections 4(2) and 4(4)(a) and (b) of the Civil Evidence Act 1972.

Reciprocal enforcement of foreign judgments

See article 2(1)(a) of the Convention set out in th
Schedule
to the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Israel) Order 1971 (S.I. 1971/1039).

See article 2(1)(a) of the Convention set out in th
Schedule
to the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (the Netherlands) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/1063)

See article 2(1)(a) of the Convention set out in th
Schedule
to the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Norway) Order 1962 (S.I. 1962/636)

Power to authorise superior landlord to enter and execute works

Se
section 30(3)
of the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919.

Power of court to authorise examination of works on unfit premises or for improvement

Se
section 164(3)
of the Housing Act 1957.

Land Charges Act 1925

Se
section 20(2)
of that Act.

Merger with the High Court

On the appointed day the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster was merged with the High Court. Accordingly, on and after that day no jurisdiction, whether conferred by statute or otherwise, could be exercised, or can now be exercised, by the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster as such. The Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster was abolished on merger with the High Court.The Courts Act 1971, section 57(3)(b)

Transitional provisions

Transitional provisions were contained in Part I of Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 1971.

Offices

Any judicial or other office in the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, other than the office of Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster, was abolished by section 44(1)(b) of the Courts Act 1971.

Section 44(2) conferred a power to make regulations to provide for the compensation of persons who suffered loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments attributable to the effect of section 44(1)(b) or to the merger of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster.

References

* Halsbury's Laws of England, First Edition, Butterworth & Co, London, (Agents for Canada: Canada Law Book Company, Toronto), 1909, Volume 9
*O Hood Phillips. "2. The Chancery Courts of Lancaster and Durham". A First Book of English Law. Fourth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. 1960. Pages 74 and 75.
*James Jones Aston. The Jurisdiction, Practice, and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Wm Benning & Co. London. Addison. Preston. 1853
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*Thomas Snow. The Lancaster Chancery Practice. W Maxwell. London. 1885
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*Bridgemann, Charles George Orlando. Orders and Rules of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster of 1 August 1884, 27 and 28 November 1884. T Brakell. Liverpool. 1884
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*James W Winstanley. The Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster: Its Practice and Modes of Procedure, as Distinguished from the High Court of Chancery. Henry Greenwood. 1855
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*R Somerville. "The Palatine Courts in Lancashire". In A Harding (ed). ''Law Making and Law Makers in British History: Papers Presented to the Edinburgh Legal History Conference, 1977''. (Studies in History 22). Royal Historical Society. 1980.
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