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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)£10,000£15,000

The Landed Property Improvements (Ireland) Act 1847 (c. 32)

  • section 40 (recovery of rent-charge)

£10,000£15,000

The Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (c. 24)

  • section 43(2) (jurisdiction of county court)

£30,000£45,000
£4,000£6,000

The Land Development Values (Compensation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 (c. 23)

  • section 22(5)(a) and (6) (payment into court)

£30,000£45,000

The Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 35)

  • section 38(7)(a) and (b) (payment into court)

£30,000£45,000

The Registration of Deeds Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 25)

  • section 17(1)(a) and (6) (breach of statutory duty by registry officials)

£10,000£15,000
The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) section 139(7)(b) (re-opening of extortionate agreements)£10,000£15,000

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)

£30,000£45,000

The County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3))

  • Article 10(1) (general civil jurisdiction)

£10,000£15,000

  • Article 10(2) (libel and slander)

£2,000£3,000

  • Article 10(6) (recovery of rent)

£10,000£15,000

  • Article 11(2)(a) (gross value of estates)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 11(2)(b) (legacies and annuities)

£10,000£15,000

  • Article 11(2)(c) (legacies etc. charged on land)

£10,000£15,000

  • Article 11(3) (charitable donations)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(a) (equity: administration of estates)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(b) (equity: administration of trusts)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(d) (equity: specific performance)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(e) (equity: relief against fraud, mistake)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(f) (equity: partnerships)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(i) (equity: proceedings under Settled Land Acts)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(k) (equity: Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(l) (equity: infants)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 14(m) (equity: construction of deeds, wills, etc.)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 16(1)(b) (administration pendente lite)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 17(1) (representatives to lodge accounts if required)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 19 (payment into court by trustees)

£30,000£45,000

  • Article 30(1) (general civil jurisdiction exercisable by District Judges)

£2,000£3,000

The Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6))

  • Article 107(2)(a)(i) (committal for default)

£10,000£15,000