Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 The Senior Courts. 2 The Court of Appeal. 3 Divisions of Court of Appeal. 4 The High Court. 5 Divisions of High Court. 6 The Patents, Admiralty and Commercial Courts. 7 Power to alter Divisions or transfer certain courts to different Divisions. 8 The Crown Court. 9 Assistance for transaction of judicial business .... 10 Appointment of judges of Senior Courts. 11 Tenure of office of judges of Senior Courts. 12 Salaries etc. of judges of Senior Courts. 13 Precedence of judges of Senior Courts. 14 Power of judge of Senior Courts or Crown Court to act in cases relating to rates and taxes. 15 General jurisdiction of Court of Appeal. 16 Appeals from High Court. 17 Applications for new trial. 18 Restrictions on appeals to Court of Appeal. 19 General jurisdiction of High Court. 20 Admiralty jurisdiction of High Court. 21 Mode of exercise of Admiralty jurisdiction. 22 Restrictions on entertainment of actions in personam in collision and other similar cases. 23 High Court not to have jurisdiction in cases within Rhine Convention. 24 Supplementary provisions as to Admiralty jurisdiction. 25 Probate jurisdiction of High Court. 26 Matrimonial jurisdiction of High Court. 27 Prize jurisdiction of High Court. 28 Appeals from Crown Court and inferior courts. 28A Proceedings on case stated by magistrates’ court or Crown Court. 29 Mandatory, prohibiting and quashing orders 29A Further provision in connection with quashing orders 30 Injunctions to restrain persons from acting in offices in which they are not entitled to act. 31 Application for judicial review. 31A Transfer of judicial review applications to Upper Tribunal 32 Orders for interim payment. 32A Orders for provisional damages for personal injuries. 33 Powers of High Court exercisable before commencement of action. 34 Power of High Court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc. in proceedings for personal injuries or death. 35 Provisions supplementary to ss. 33 and 34. 35A Power of High Court to award interest on debts and damages. 36 Subpoena issued by High Court to run throughout United Kingdom. 37 Powers of High Court with respect to injunctions and receivers. 38 Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent. 39 Execution of instrument by person nominated by High Court. 40 Attachment of debts. 40A Administrative and clerical expenses of garnishees. 41 Wards of court. 42 Restriction of vexatious legal proceedings. 43 Power of High Court to vary sentence on application for quashing order. 43ZA Power of High Court to vary committal in default. 43A Specific powers of arbitrator exercisable by High Court. 44 Extraordinary functions of judges of High Court. 45 General jurisdiction of Crown Court. 46 Exclusive jurisdiction of Crown Court in trial on indictment. 46ZA Remitting proceedings to magistrates’ courts for trial 46A Offences committed on ships and abroad. 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Appeals to Crown Court. 49 Concurrent administration of law and equity. 50 Power to award damages as well as, or in substitution for, injunction or specific performance. 51 Costs in civil division of Court of Appeal, High Court and county courts. 52 Costs in Crown Court. 52A Appeals to Crown Court: criminal courts charge 53 Distribution of business between civil and criminal divisions. 54 Court of civil division. 55 Court of criminal division. 56 Judges not to sit on appeal from their own judgments, etc. 56A Circuit judges not to sit on certain appeals. 56B Allocation of cases in criminal division. 57 Sittings and vacations. 58 Calling into question of incidental decisions in civil division. 59 Form of judgment of court of criminal division. 60 Rules of court, and decisions of Court of Appeal, as to whether judgment or order is final or interlocutory. 61 Distribution of business among Divisions. 62 Business of Patents, Admiralty and Commercial Courts. 63 Business assigned to specially nominated judges. 64 Choice of Division by plaintiff. 65 Power of transfer. 66 Divisional courts of High Court. 67 Proceedings in court and in chambers. 68 Exercise of High Court jurisdiction otherwise than by judges of that court. 69 Trial by jury. 70 Assessors and scientific advisers. 71 Sittings and vacations. 72 Withdrawal of privilege against incrimination of self or spouse in certain proceedings. 73 General provisions. 74 Appeals and committals for sentence. 75 Allocation of cases according to composition of court, etc. 76 Sending for trial: alteration of place of trial. 77 Sending for trial: date of trial. 78 Sittings. 79 Practice and procedure in connection with indictable offences and appeals. 80 Process to compel appearance. 81 Bail. 82 Duties of officers of Crown Court. 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Power to make rules of court. 85 The Senior Courts Rule Committee. 86 The Crown Court Rule Committee. 86A Process for making rules of court under section 84 86B Rules to be made if required by Lord Chancellor 87 Particular matters for which rules of court may provide. 88 Qualification for office. 89 Masters and registrars. 90 Official Solicitor. 91 Deputies and temporary appointments. 92 Tenure of office. 93 Status of officers for purposes of salary and pension. 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Property held by officers. 96 Central Office. 97 Accountant General. 98 Judges’ clerks and secretaries. 99 District registries. 100 District judges 101 Power of one district registrar to act for another. 102 Deputy district registrars. 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 District probate registries. 105 Applications. 106 Grants by district probate registrars. 107 No grant where conflicting applications. 108 Caveats. 109 Refusal of grant where capital transfer tax unpaid. 110 Documents to be delivered to Commissioners of Inland Revenue. 111 Records of grants. 112 Summons to executor to prove or renounce. 113 Power of court to sever grant. 114 Number of personal representatives. 115 Grants to trust corporations. 116 Power of court to pass over prior claims to grant. 117 Administration pending suit. 118 Effect of appointment of minor as executor. 119 Administration with will annexed. 120 Power to require administrators to produce sureties. 121 Revocation of grants and cancellation of resealing at instance of court. 122 Examination of person with knowledge of testamentary document. 123 Subpoena to bring in testamentary document. 124 Place for deposit of original wills and other documents. 125 Copies of wills and grants. 126 Depositories for wills of living persons. 127 Probate rules. 128 Interpretation of Part V and other probate provisions. 129 Lords Commissioners to represent Lord Chancellor when Great Seal in commission. 130 Fees to be taken in Supreme Court. 131 Conveyancing counsel of Senior Courts. 132 Proof of documents bearing seal or stamp of Senior Courts or any office thereof. 133 Enrolment and engrossment of instruments. 134 Powers of attorney deposited before October 1971. 135 Bonds given under order of court. 136 Production of documents filed in, or in custody of, Senior Courts. 137 Money paid into court under enactment subsequently repealed. 138 Effect of writs of execution against goods. 138A Sales under executions. 138B Protection of officer selling goods under execution. 139 Attachment of National Savings Bank deposits. 140 Enforcement of fines and forfeited recognizances. 141 Abolition of certain writs. 142 Selection of judges for trial of election petitions. 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Amendment of Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968. 146 Amendment of Courts Act 1971. 147 Amendment of Solicitors Act 1974. 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Admiralty jurisdiction: provisions as to Channel Islands, Isle of Man, colonies etc. 151 Interpretation of this Act, and rules of construction for other Acts and documents. 152 Amendments of other Acts, transitional provisions, savings and repeals. 153 Citation, commencement and extent. SCHEDULE 1 Distribution of Business in High Court SCHEDULE 2 List of offices in Senior Courts for purposes of Part 4 SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 4 Construction of References to Superseded Courts and Officers SCHEDULE 5 Consequential Amendments SCHEDULE 6 Transitional Provisions and Savings SCHEDULE 7
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25 Probate jurisdiction of High Court.
(1) Subject to the provisions of Part V, the High Court shall, in accordance with section 19(2), have the following probate jurisdiction, that is to say all such jurisdiction in relation to probates and letters of administration as it had immediately before the commencement of this Act, and in particular all such contentious and non-contentious jurisdiction as it then had in relation to—
(a) testamentary causes or matters;
(b) the grant, amendment or revocation of probates and letters of administration; and
(c) the real and personal estate of deceased persons.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Part V, the High Court shall, in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction, perform all such duties with respect to the estates of deceased persons as fell to be performed by it immediately before the commencement of this Act.
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25 Probate jurisdiction of High Court.
(1) Subject to the provisions of Part V, the High Court shall, in accordance with section 19(2), have the following probate jurisdiction, that is to say all such jurisdiction in relation to probates and letters of administration as it had immediately before the commencement of this Act, and in particular all such contentious and non-contentious jurisdiction as it then had in relation to—
(a) testamentary causes or matters;
(b) the grant, amendment or revocation of probates and letters of administration; and
(c) the real and personal estate of deceased persons.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Part V, the High Court shall, in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction, perform all such duties with respect to the estates of deceased persons as fell to be performed by it immediately before the commencement of this Act.
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