Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889

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Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889 [1]
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Long title An Act to amend the Practice and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the county palatine of Durham.
Citation 52 & 53 Vict c 47
Dates
Royal assent 26 August 1889
Other legislation
Repealed by The Courts Act 1971, section 56 and Schedule 11
Status: Repealed

The Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Durham County Palatine Acts 1836 to 1889. [2] The Bill for this Act was the Palatine Court of Durham Bill. [3] Lely said that this Act was of practical utility. [4]

Contents

Preamble

The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Section 1

In this section, the word "High" where it occurred before the word "Chancellor", and the words "of Great Britain", were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Section 8 - Application of Trustee Act 1850 and Trustee Act 1852

This section was repealed by section 51 of, and the Schedule to, the Trustee Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 53).

Section 9 - Provision as to charities within jurisdiction of Court of Chancery of county palatine

In this section, the word "High" where it occurred before the word "Chancellor", and the words "of Great Britain", were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

This section was repealed by section 48(2) of, and Part I of the Seventh Schedule to, the Charities Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz 2 c 58).

Section 10 - Application of Acts to Palatine Court

In this section, the word "High" where it occurred before the word "Chancellor", and the words "of Great Britain", were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

The words "The Settled Land Act, 1882, and the Settled Land Act, 1884" were repealed by section 119(1) of, and the Fifth Schedule to, the Settled Land Act 1925.

This section, to the words "judge thereof", was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.

Section 11 - Appeal to Court of Appeal

In this section, the words "after the passing of this Act" were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

This section, to the words "for the time being and", was repealed by section 226(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.

Lapsley said that the principal change introduced by this Act was the provision, in section 11, that appeals should in future lie to the Court of Appeal and thence to the House of Lords, and that no appeal from any order or judgement of the chancellor of Durham should be taken directly to the House of Lords. [5]

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 12 of this Act. Due to the repeal of that enactment, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
  3. "Palatine Court of Durham Bill". General Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Fourth Session of the Twenty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 52° Victoriae. 1889.
  4. John Mounteney Lely. "Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1895. Volume 7. Title "Local Courts". Subtitle "Local Courts (Durham)". Pages 51 to 55.
  5. Gaillard Thomas Lapsley. The County Palatine of Durham: A Study in Constitutional History. (Harvard Historical Studies, volume 8). Published under the direction of the Department of History and Government of Harvard College. Longmans, Green and Co. New York, London and Bombay. 1900. [University Press. John Wilson and Son. Cambridge, USA]. Page 207: .