Court of Appeal in Chancery
The Court of Appeal in Chancery was created in 1851 to hear appeals of decisions and decrees made in the
Previous mechanism
Prior to the creation of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, the Lord Chancellor of the Chancery Court heard appeals as part of the Chancery Court caseload.
Functions
The court was created in 1851 to hear appeals of decisions made by the Vice Chancellors and the Master of the Rolls in
Successor court
The Court of Appeal in Chancery became incorporated into and superseded by
Ireland
Analogous to the English court, the Court of Appeal in Chancery in Ireland was created in 1857 to hear appeals from the Irish Court of Chancery, and also from the Encumbered Estates' Court.[3] It was subsumed into the Court of Appeal in Ireland created by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877. Sitting with the Lord Chancellor of Ireland was a single Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery in Ireland, Francis Blackburne until 1866, Abraham Brewster from 1866 until 1867[4] and Jonathan Christian from 1867.
References
- ^ See example of Dillwyn v Llewelyn
- ^ "Dillwyn v Llewelyn [1862] EWHC Ch J67 (12 July 1862)". Bailii.org. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Chancery Appeal Court (Ireland) Act 1856 19 & 20 Vict. c. 92
- ^ Boase, George C (1886). "Brewster, Abraham (1796–1874), lord chancellor of Ireland". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. VI. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 14 November 2007.