Senior Courts Act 1981

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The Senior Courts Act 1981 is a key piece of UK legislation that organizes and defines the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the senior courts of England and Wales.

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Senior Courts Act 1981 canonical 31

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UK constitutional statute ⓘ
amendedBy Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Courts Act 2003 ⓘ
Crime and Courts Act 2013 ⓘ
appliesTo England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1982-01-01 ⓘ
category United Kingdom civil procedure law ⓘ
United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
United Kingdom criminal procedure law ⓘ
collectiveNameFor Senior Courts of England and Wales ⓘ
containsPart provisions on practice and procedure ⓘ
provisions on the Court of Appeal ⓘ
provisions on the Crown Court ⓘ
provisions on the High Court ⓘ
provisions on the jurisdiction of the senior courts ⓘ
supplementary provisions ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
Crown Court ⓘ
High Court of Justice ⓘ
governs jurisdiction of the senior courts of England and Wales ⓘ
procedure of the senior courts of England and Wales ⓘ
structure of the senior courts of England and Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legalStatus in force with amendments ⓘ
longTitle An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the Supreme Court of Judicature and to county courts and to matters connected therewith ⓘ
originalName Supreme Court Act 1981 ⓘ
parliamentarySession 1980–81 ⓘ
partiallySuperseded Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 ⓘ
providesFor appeals to the Court of Appeal ⓘ
appointment of judges of the senior courts ⓘ
distribution of business in the High Court ⓘ
sittings and circuits of the Crown Court ⓘ
regulates allocation of business between divisions of the High Court ⓘ
composition of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
composition of the Crown Court ⓘ
composition of the High Court ⓘ
renamedBy Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
renamedTo Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1981-07-28 ⓘ
sectionDefines section 1 defines the Senior Courts of England and Wales ⓘ
section 2 defines the Court of Appeal ⓘ
section 3 defines the High Court ⓘ
section 4 defines the Crown Court ⓘ
shortTitle Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1981 ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitutional Reform Act 2005 → amended → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
judiciary of England and Wales → regulatedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Dame Justice → regulatedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Queen’s Remembrancer → appointedUnder → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
subject linked to: The Queen’s Remembrancer
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → governingLaw → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Division
Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
subject linked to: Criminal Division
Senior Courts Act 1981 → shortTitle → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Senior Courts Act 1981 → renamedTo → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Lord Justice of Appeal → governingStatute → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Family Division of the High Court → applicableLaw → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Chester Crown Court → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Crown Court at Manchester → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Crown Court at Birmingham → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Crown Court at Liverpool → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Crown Court at Newcastle upon Tyne → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Crown Court at Leicester → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
County Courts Act 1984 → relatedTo → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Crime and Courts Act 2013 → amendedAct → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
judiciary of Oxfordshire → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
High Court judge of England and Wales → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Crown Court at Reading → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → governingLaw → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Division of the CA
Supreme Court Act 1981 → currentShortTitle → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 1981 → currentName → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
Heads of Division of the High Court → governedBy → Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ