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Schedule Increase of Financial Limits of Civil Jurisdiction of County Courts

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Statutory ProvisionsExisting Limit of JurisdictionNew Limit of Jurisdiction
The Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1836 (c. 116)
section 168 (contracts for public work)£ 5,000£10,000
The Landed Property Improvements (Ireland) Act 1847 (c. 32)
section 40 (recovery of rent-charge)£ 5,000£10,000
The Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860 (c. 154)
section 45 (action for rent in arrear)£ 500£ 1,000
section 46 (action for use and occupation)£ 500£ 1,000
section 52 (ejectment for year’s rent unpaid)£ 500£ 1,000
section 72 (ejectment for overholding)£ 500£ 1,000
The Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 24)
section 43(2) (jurisdiction of county court)£15,000£30,000
£ 2,000£ 4,000
The Land Development Values (Compensation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 (c. 23)
section 22(5)(a) and (b) (payment into court)£15,000£30,000
The Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 35)
section 38(7)(a) and (b) (payment into court)£15,000£30,000
The Registration of Deeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 25)
section 17(1)(a) and (b) (breach of statutory duty by registry officials)£ 5,000£10,000
The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)
section 139(7)(b) (re-opening of extortionate agreements)£ 5,000£10,000
The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/924 (N.I. 8))
Article 24(1) (jurisdiction of county courts)£15,000£30,000
The County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3))
Article 10(1) (general civil jurisdiction)£ 5,000£10,000
Article 10(2) (libel and slander)£ 1,000£ 2,000
Article 10(6) (recovery of rent)£ 5,000£10,000
Article 11(2)(a) (gross value of estate)£15,000£30,000
Article 11(2)(b) (legacies and annuities)£ 5,000£10,000
Article 11(2)(c) (legacies etc. charged on land)£ 5,000£10,000
Article 11(3) (charitable donations)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(a) (equity:administration of estates)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(b) (equity:administration of trusts)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(d) (equity:specific performance)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(e) (equity:relief against fraud, mistake)£15,000£ 30,000
Article 14(f) (equity:partnerships)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(i) (equity:proceedings under Settled Land Acts)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(k) (equity:Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(l) (equity:infants)£15,000£30,000
Article 14(m) (equity:construction of deeds, wills, etc.)£15,000£30,000
Article 16(1)(b) (administration pendente lite)£15,000£30,000
Article 17(1) (representatives to lodge accounts if required)£15,000£30,000
Article 19 (payment into court by trustees)£15,000£30,000
Article 30(1) (general civil jurisdiction exercisable by District Judges)£ 1,000£ 2,000
Article 30(3) (civil jurisdiction exercisable by District Judges:arbitration)£ 500£ 1,000
The Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6))
Article 107(2)(a)(i) (committal for default)£ 5,000£10,000