 | This article is missing information about effects of the Act other than on the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords. (October 2014) |
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the constitution of a Supreme Court, and for other purposes relating to the better Administration of Justice in England; and to authorise the transfer to the Appellate Division of such Supreme Court of the Jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council. |
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| Citation | 36 & 37 Vict. c. 66 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 August 1873 |
| Commencement | 1 November 1875[2] |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
| Relates to | Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) Act 1874 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for delaying the coming into operation of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873. |
| Citation | 37 & 38 Vict. c. 83 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1874 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66) (sometimes known as the Judicature Act 1873) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1873. It reorganised the English court system to establish the High Court and the Court of Appeal, and also originally provided for the abolition of the judicial functions of the House of Lords with respect to England. It would have retained those functions in relation to Scotland and Ireland for the time being. However, the Gladstone Liberal government fell in 1874 before the act entered into force, and the succeeding Disraeli Conservative government suspended the entry into force of the act by means of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 83) and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 77).
- ^ This short title was conferred on this Act by section 1 of this Act.
- ^ The Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 83), section 2. Section 2 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 provided that that act commenced on 1 November 1875, except any provision of that act declared to take effect before the commencement of that act.