Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

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Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
Citation	36 & 37 Vict. c. 66
Introduced by	William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (Lords)
Territorial extent	England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent	5 August 1873
Commencement	1 November 1875[c]
Other legislation
Amended by	Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) Act 1874 Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 Statute Law Revision Act 1883 Arbitration Act 1889
Relates to	Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877
Text of statute as originally enacted

Supreme Court of Judicature (Commencement) Act 1874^[d]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for delaying the coming into operation of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1873.
Citation	37 & 38 Vict. c. 83
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1874
Commencement	7 August 1874[e]
Repealed	22 September 1893
Other legislation
Amends	Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893
Relates to	Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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).
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