Supreme Court of Judicature

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The Supreme Court of Judicature was the central superior court system in England and Wales, created in the 19th century to consolidate and streamline the previously separate common law and equity courts.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
former court ⓘ
superior court ⓘ
apexCourtUntil 2009 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
country England and Wales ⓘ
dissolved 2009 ⓘ
foundedByStatute Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 ⓘ
function administration of justice ⓘ
exercise of common law jurisdiction ⓘ
exercise of equitable jurisdiction ⓘ
hearing civil cases ⓘ
hearing criminal appeals ⓘ
governedBy rules of court made under the Judicature Acts ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver admiralty matters ⓘ
civil law matters ⓘ
criminal law matters ⓘ
divorce and matrimonial causes ⓘ
equity matters ⓘ
probate matters ⓘ
hasPart Court of Appeal ⓘ
linked to: court of appeal

Crown Court ⓘ
High Court of Justice ⓘ
highestAppealBodyIncluded Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
inception 1875 ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalForm statutory body ⓘ
legallyCreated 1873 ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mergedCourtsOf common law ⓘ
equity ⓘ
modifiedByStatute Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 ⓘ
purpose to consolidate common law and equity courts ⓘ
to streamline the court system of England and Wales ⓘ
regionServed England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
replaced Court of Chancery ⓘ
Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Court of Probate ⓘ
Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Divorce Court ⓘ
High Court of Admiralty ⓘ
linked to: Admiralty courts

London Court of Bankruptcy ⓘ
replacedBy Senior Courts of England and Wales ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
subordinateTo Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
successorTo superior courts at Westminster ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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Court of Probate → mergedInto → Supreme Court of Judicature ⓘ
London Court of Bankruptcy → functionsTransferredTo → Supreme Court of Judicature ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 → created → Supreme Court of Judicature ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 → providedFor → single Supreme Court of Judicature ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Judicature