Court of Appeal in Ireland
Court of Appeal in Ireland | |
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Established | 1877 |
Dissolved | 1924 |
Location | Four Courts, Dublin |
Authorized by | Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 |
Appeals to | House of Lords |
Lord Chancellor of Ireland | |
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland |
The Court of Appeal in Ireland was created by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 as the final appellate court within Ireland, then under British rule. A last appeal from this court could be taken to the House of Lords in London.
Personnel
The
The following judges held the title of Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal in Ireland from the Court's creation in 1878 to the abolition of the pre-Independence Courts in 1924.[1]
Year appointed | Name | Year left office | Reason for leaving office |
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1878[a] | Jonathan Christian | 1878 | Retirement |
1878 | Rickard Deasy | 1883 | Death |
1878 | Gerald FitzGibbon | 1909 | Death |
1883 | Charles Robert Barry | 1897 | Death |
1885 | John Naish | 1886 | Re-appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland[2] |
1886 | John Naish | 1890 | Death[2] |
1895 | Samuel Walker | 1905 | Re-appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland[3] |
1897 | Hugh Holmes | 1913 | Retirement |
1909 | Richard Cherry | 1914 | Appointment as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland |
1913 | John Moriarty | 1915 | Death |
1915 | Stephen Ronan | 1924 | Retirement |
1915 | Thomas Molony | 1918 | Appointment as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland |
1918 | James O'Connor | 1924 | Retirement |
Partition
The Court of Appeal in Ireland was replaced by separate Courts of Appeal in Northern and Southern Ireland, along with a High Court of Appeal for Ireland, hearing appeals from both, under the United Kingdom's Government of Ireland Act 1920. The High Court of Appeal for Ireland was short-lived, and only heard a handful of cases before being abolished under the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922.
Abolition
In the Irish Free State, the Courts of Justice Act 1924 replaced the Court of Appeal in Southern Ireland with a Supreme Court of Justice under the Constitution of the Irish Free State, and a Court of Criminal Appeal to hear criminal appeals that would have been heard by the Court of Appeal's Criminal Division.
Final appellate jurisdiction was transferred from the House of Lords to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council - which was then abolished in 1933 by the Constitution (Amendment No. 22) Act 1933.
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Reputation
During the first three decades of its existence, the reputation of the Court of Appeal was very high, probably higher than that of any other tribunal in Irish legal history.
Notes
- Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery in Ireland
References
- ^ Delaney, V. T. H. "Christopher Palles" Dublin, Allen Figgis and Co. (1960) Appendix 1
- ^ a b Dictionary of Irish Biography - John Naish
- ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography - Samuel Walker
- ^ Healy, Maurice The Old Munster Circuit Mercier Press Cork p.27
- ^ Deaney, V.T.H. Christopher Palles Alan Figgis and Co. 1960 p.158
- ^ Delaney p. 158
- ^ Healy, pp.188-190