Exchequer Chamber (Ireland) Act 1820
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1820 c. 68 |
| Year | 1820 |
(1 Geo. 4) C A P. LXVIII.
[15th July 1820]
'WHEREAS an Actwas passed in the Parliament ofIreland , in the Fortieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the more speedy Correction of erroneous Judgments given in the Courts of Law in this Kingdom : And Whereas by the said Act Writs of Error from Judgments of His Majesty's superior Courts of Law in Ireland were made returnable in a Court thereby instituted, and now commonly called The Court of Exchequer Chamber ; and the Chief Justices, Chief Baron, and the rest of the Justices and Barons, or any Nine of them assembled in the said Court, were empowered to examine, and affirm or reverse such Judgments; and in all Cases depending in the said Court to award such Costs, moderate, reasonable or exemplary, as to them should seem meet: And Whereas it bath appeared by Reports made to The King's Most Excellent Majesty from the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty, upon an Address of the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament assembled, to enquire into the Duties, Salaries and Emoluments of the Officers, Clerks and Ministers of Justice in all Temporal and Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland , that divers, Regulations are necessary for ensuring the more easy, cheap and expeditious Administration of Justice in the said Court: And Whereas some of such Regulations have been carried into Effect by a general Order of the said Court, and a Table of the Fees to be thereafter taken by the Clerk of the said Court of Exchequer Chamber, commonly calledThe Clerk of the Errors , established under the said Order; but certain other Regulations are required, which cannot be carried into Effect without the Aid of Parliament: And Whereas it is expedient that the said Fees to be taken by the Clerk of the said Court should be further established and regulated by the Authority of Parliament;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the last Day of this present Session of Parliament, it shall add may be lawful for the Clerkof the said Court, or his Deputy or Assistant on his Behalf, to ask, demand, have, receive, take and accept, for and by reason and on account of the several Acts, Matters and Things to be done in or concerning the Business of the said Court, the several Fees, Payments and Sum and Sums of Money in the Table hereunto annexed respectively mentioned, and none other or greater Fees or Sums of Money whatever; and that the Clerk of the said Court, or any Deputy or Clerk of any such Officer, nor any Person acting in his Behalf in any Part of the Business thereof, shall not ask, demand or receive any other or greater Fee or Sum or Sums of Money whatsoever, on account of or for the Performance or under Pretence of performing any Act, Matter or Thing whatsoever, in anywise relating to the Business of the said Court, than as mentioned in the said Table as payable for or in respect of such Act, Matter or Business, except under the Provisions of this Act, any Law, Usage or Custom at any time heretofore made, used or exercised to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding; and that the said Table, and all Directions, Matters and Things therein contained, shall be taken as Part of this Act to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever.
II Judges in the Exchequer Chamber may alter the Fees, or add to them, according to a Table to be signed by the Chief Justice of King's Bench, and transmitted to the Lord Lieutenant, and laid before Parliament.
II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Chief Justices, Chief Baron, and the other Justices and Barons, or any Nine or more of them, so assembled in the said Court, from time to time to vary and alter the Amount of any of the said Fees, by decreasing or increasing the same, or to abolish any of the said Fees altogether; and also to direct and authorise the Payment of any new or additional Fee or Fees to the said Clerk of the said Court, or to any other Person, for or in respect of any Matters or Things mentioned in the said Table, or any of them, or of any other Matters or Things to be done in the Execution of the Duty of the Office of such Officer or Persons respectively; and all such Fees, the Amount whereof shall be so altered, and all such new or additional Fees which shall be so made payable, and also any Order for the abolishing of any Fee, shall be specified...
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