Court of Appeal in Chancery

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The Court of Appeal in Chancery was a 19th-century English appellate court that heard appeals from the Court of Chancery before being replaced by the modern Court of Appeal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
court ⓘ
former court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Court of Appeal in Chancery of England ⓘ
appliedInJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
appliesLegalPrinciple doctrine of trusts ⓘ
equity ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
specific performance ⓘ
areaServed England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
composition Lord Chancellor ⓘ
Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
country England ⓘ
courtType equity court ⓘ
dissolvedBy Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 ⓘ
endTime 1875 ⓘ
establishedBy Chancery Amendment Act 1851 ⓘ
linked to: Judicature Acts

Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851 ⓘ
followed Court of Chancery ⓘ
function to review and determine appeals from the Court of Chancery ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver appeals from decrees of the Lord Chancellor ⓘ
appeals from orders of the Vice-Chancellors ⓘ
appeals in equity ⓘ
heardAppealsFrom Court of Chancery ⓘ
historicalPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalStatus abolished ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
notableJudge Lord Justice Giffard ⓘ
Lord Justice James ⓘ
Lord Justice Knight-Bruce ⓘ
Lord Justice Mellish ⓘ
Lord Justice Turner ⓘ
numberOfJudges 3 ⓘ
partOf Court of Chancery system ⓘ
English legal system ⓘ
replaced appeal jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor sitting alone ⓘ
replacedBy Court of Appeal (Civil Division) ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
seat Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster Hall ⓘ
significantEvent integration into the Supreme Court of Judicature in 1875 ⓘ
startTime 1851 ⓘ
successor Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

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Court of Appeal of England and Wales → predecessor → Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
Court of Chancery → hasJudge → Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal in Chancery
Court of Appeal in Chancery → composition → Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal in Chancery
Court of Appeal in Chancery → alsoKnownAs → Court of Appeal in Chancery of England ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal in Chancery
Chancery Appeal Court Act 1851 → relatedTo → Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
Lord Justice Knight-Bruce → practicedInJurisdiction → Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
Lord Justice Turner → jurisdiction → Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 → relatedTo → Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
Lord Justice Giffard → memberOf → Judicial Committee of the Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal in Chancery
Lord Justice James → placeOfWork → Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ
Lord Justice Mellish → areaOfInfluence → Court of Appeal in Chancery ⓘ