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High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 152 Cited in Amendments 76 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1991/724
  • This Order may be cited as the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st July 1991.
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  • “the London insolvency district” means the insolvency district designated by the London Insolvency District (County Court at Central London) Order 2014.
    • sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .section 26 of the Arbitration Act 1950 section 63(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 section 28(3) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 section 66 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 section 41 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .section 13 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 section 87 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 sections 19 and 20 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 sections 15, 16, 21, 25 and 139 of the County Courts Act 1984 section 39(4) of, and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Legal Aid Act 1988 sections 99, 102(5) , 114, 195, 204, 230, 231 and 235(5) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 section 40 of the Housing Act 1988 sections 13 and 14 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .section 10 of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 section 10(4) of the Rentcharges Act 1977 sections 3, 49, 66, 181, and 188;proviso (iii) to paragraph 3 of Part III of Schedule 1;proviso (v) to paragraph 1(3) of Part IV of Schedule 1;provisos (iii) and (iv) to paragraph 1(4) of Part IV of Schedule 1.(4) F80The County Court shall have jurisdiction under sections 89, 90, 91 and 92 of the Law of Property Act 1925 where the amount owing in respect of the mortgage or charge at the commencement of the proceedings does not exceed £30,000.(5) F80The County Court shall have jurisdiction under the proviso to section 136(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925 where the amount or value of the debt or thing in action does not exceed £30,000.in the case of a land charge of Class C(i) , C(ii) or D(i) , if the amount does not exceed £30,000;in the case of a land charge of Class C(iii) , if it is for a specified capital sum of money not exceeding £30,000 or, where it is not for a specified capital sum, if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;in the case of a land charge of Class A, Class B, Class C(iv) , Class D(ii) , Class D(iii) or Class E, if the capital value of the land affected does not exceed £30,000;in the case of a land charge of Class F, if the land affected by it is the subject of an order made by the court under section 1 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(7) F80The County Court shall have jurisdiction under sections 69, 70 and 71 of the Solicitors Act 1974 where a bill of costs relates wholly or partly to contentious business done in F81the County Court and the amount of the bill does not exceed £5,000.sections 15, 16, 19, 23(5) , 25(4) (b) , 30, 31, 46, 47, 64, 73 and 74;paragraph 12 of Schedule 1; andparagraph 14 of Schedule 2,the grant or application is made through the principal registry of the Family Division or a district probate registry under section 105 of the Senior Courts Act 1981; andit is shown to the satisfaction of the County Court that the value of the deceased’s net estate at the date of death does not exceed £30,000.(7C) In paragraph (7B) , “net estate”, in relation to a deceased person, means the estate of that person exclusive of any property the deceased was possessed of or entitled to as a trustee and not beneficially, and after making allowances for funeral expenses and for debts and liabilities.(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • The High Court shall have jurisdiction to hear an application for an injunction made in the course of or in anticipation of proceedings in
  • Subject to articles
  • Except for proceedings to which article 5 applies, a claim for money in which the
    • (1) Proceedings which include a claim for damages in respect of personal injuries may only be commenced in the High Court if the ... value of the claim is £50,000 or more.(2) In this article “personal injuries” means personal injuries to the F45claimant or any other person, and includes disease, impairment of physical or mental condition, and death.(3) This article does not apply to proceedings which include a claim for damages in respect of an alleged breach of duty of care committed in the course of the provision of clinical or medical services (including dental or nursing services) .
  • Applications
  • Applications under section 1 of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 shall be commenced in
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  • Proceedings for the exercise of the jurisdiction to wind up a company registered in England and Wales may be commenced only in the High Court if the place which has longest been the company’s registered office during the 6 months immediately preceding the presentation of the petition for winding up is in the district that is the London insolvency district for the purposes of the second Group of Parts of the Insolvency Act 1986.
  • Proceedings under section 1 of the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 may be commenced and taken only in the High Court.
  • Proceedings under sections 98, 641(1) (b) and 645 to 651 of the Companies Act 2006 may be commenced and taken only...

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