Ministry of Finance v Burns

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Judgment Date01 January 1937
Date01 January 1937
CourtRecorder’s Court (Northern Ireland)
[Thompson, Recorder, N.I.]
Ministry of Finance
and
Burns

Recovery of instalments not exceeding £5 - County Court or Petty Sessions -Costs.

Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 21 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act (Northern Ireland), 1935, there is no jurisdiction in a Court of Petty Sessions to entertain a claim for the recovery of an instalment of land purchase annuity not exceeding £5, and, accordingly, costs on the County Court scale may be awarded against an unsuccessful defendant to such a claim brought by Civil Bill in the County Court.

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