Mayor's and City of London Court

The Court

A tablet by the entrance records the creation of the Court in 1921

The Mayor's and City of London Court is a sitting of the County Court in the City of London. It is located at Guildhall Buildings, Basinghall Street.

History

The current court is the successor to courts pre-dating the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95),^[1] which introduced the modern system of county courts. The 1846 act deliberately did not extend to the City of London, where the prior constituted courts continued to exercise jurisdiction:

The Palace Court also exercised jurisdiction within the City in certain cases before its abolition in 1849.^[4][8]

United Kingdom legislation

The two courts were combined with effect from 1 January 1921 by the Mayor's and City of London Court Act 1920.^[9] High Court procedure was declared to apply to matters formerly dealt with by the Mayor's Court, while county court procedure applied to matters falling under the City of London Court.^[2]

1971 reform

Under s. 42 of the Courts Act 1971, the old Mayor's and City of London Court was abolished, the City of London was made a county court district, and the new county court for the city of London was given the name of its predecessor.^[10] It was the only county court not to contain "county" in its title.^[11] The individual county courts have since been replaced by a single County Court for England and Wales.

See also

• List of County Court venues in England and Wales

Further reading

• Polden, Patrick (1999). "Appendix 1: The Mayor's and City of London Courts". A History of the County Court, 1846–1971. Cambridge University Press. pp. 322–325. ISBN 978-0-521-62232-5.

External links

• "Mayor's and City of London Court". courttribunalfinder.service.gov.uk.

References

1. The County Courts Act 1846, (9 & 10 Vict. c. 140)
2. Hibbert, W. Hembhard (1921). The Law of Procedure (2nd ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Limited. p. 6.
3. 15 & 16 Vict., c. lxxvii
4. Polden 1999, p. 322.
5. County Courts Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict., c. 142
6. Polden 1999, p. 323.
7. Kutner v Phillips, 64 LTR 628 (1891).
8. County Courts Act 1849, 12 & 13 Vict., c. 101
9. The Mayor's & City of London Court Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. cxxxiv)
10. "Courts Act 1971", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1971 c. 23
11. "The Civil Courts Order 1983", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1983/713

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