Courts of Justice Act 1924

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The Courts of Justice Act 1924 was a key Irish statute that reorganized the country's judicial system after independence, establishing a new hierarchy of courts and modernizing the administration of justice in the Irish Free State.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of the Oireachtas ⓘ
abolishedCourt Court of Appeal in Ireland ⓘ
High Court of Justice in Ireland (pre‑1922) as constituted under the Judicature Acts ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Ireland ⓘ
assize courts in Ireland ⓘ
appliesTo civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
judicial administration ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
createdOffice Chief Justice of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Circuit Court judge ⓘ
District justice ⓘ
President of the High Court ⓘ
enactedIn Dublin ⓘ
establishedCourt Circuit Court ⓘ
linked to: circuit court

District Court ⓘ
High Court of Justice in the Irish Free State ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
foundationFor modern Irish court system ⓘ
governs jurisdiction of the Circuit Court ⓘ
jurisdiction of the District Court ⓘ
jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice in the Irish Free State ⓘ
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State ⓘ
historicalContext post‑independence reorganization of Irish institutions ⓘ
implements Articles of the Constitution of the Irish Free State relating to the courts ⓘ
jurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalCitationStyle No. 10 of 1924 ⓘ
legalSystem Irish law ⓘ
legislature Oireachtas of the Irish Free State ⓘ
purpose to establish a new system of courts in the Irish Free State ⓘ
to modernize the administration of justice in the Irish Free State ⓘ
to reorganize the judicial system after Irish independence ⓘ
region Ireland ⓘ
relatedTo Constitution of the Irish Free State 1922 ⓘ
Judicature (Ireland) Acts ⓘ
replaced pre‑independence British court structure in Ireland ⓘ
shortTitle Courts of Justice Act, 1924 ⓘ
status substantially superseded ⓘ
subjectMatter abolition of pre‑existing courts ⓘ
appointment of judges ⓘ
jurisdiction of courts ⓘ
structure of the courts ⓘ
successor Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 ⓘ
typeOfHierarchy three‑tier court system plus Supreme Court ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1924 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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Chief Justice of Ireland → officeCreatedBy → Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Irish Free State → governingDocument → Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ
High Court of Justice of the Irish Free State → legalBasis → Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ
Dáil Courts → relatedTo → Irish Free State Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ
linked to: Courts of Justice Act 1924
Courts of Justice Act 1924 → shortTitle → Courts of Justice Act, 1924 ⓘ
linked to: Courts of Justice Act 1924
Courts of Justice Act 1924 → successor → Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 ⓘ
linked to: Courts of Justice Act 1924
High Court (Ireland) → establishedBy → Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ
President of the High Court → createdBy → Courts of Justice Act 1924 ⓘ