# County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, Article 10: General civil jurisdiction

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, a county court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in which the amount claimed, or the value of specific chattels claimed, does not exceed £30,000 , including (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph) any action in which a balance not exceeding £30,000 is claimed—
(a) on foot of an account (including a partnership account);
(b) after allowances made for any amount admitted by the plaintiff to be due by him to the defendant (whether by way of set-off or on foot of a counterclaim or otherwise); or
(c) after the abandonment by the plaintiff of any sum by which the amount alleged to be due to him by the defendant exceeds £30,000 , so, however, that a decree in respect of any cause of action to which this sub-paragraph applies shall be, and be expressed to be, in full discharge of all demands in respect of that cause of action.
(2) A county court shall not have jurisdiction to hear any action claiming damages exceeding £3,000 in respect of libel or slander.
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(4) A county court shall not have jurisdiction to hear any Admiralty cause or matter.
(5) A county court shall not have jurisdiction to hear any action in which the title to any toll, fair, market or franchise is in question.
(6) A claim for the recovery of any rent or other sum not exceeding £15,000 due in respect of the use and occupation of any land may be joined with, and heard and determined together with, a claim under this Part for the recovery of that land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1980/397/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-northern-ireland-order-1980/article-10
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