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Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division: Motions...

Catalogue reference: KB 3

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Motions on appeal and appeals by special case from inferior courts, especially county courts and magistrates' courts, to the Kings' Bench Division, sitting as a divisional court of appeal. They also include related papers such as copies of...

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KB 3
Title
Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division: Motions on Appeal from Inferior Courts and Special Cases
Date
1876-1981
Description

Motions on appeal and appeals by special case from inferior courts, especially county courts and magistrates' courts, to the Kings' Bench Division, sitting as a divisional court of appeal.

They also include related papers such as copies of judgments and judges' notes from the inferior court. Notices of motion and cases stated for the opinion of the court are also included.

Related material

Orders resulting from the cases from 1875 to 1920 are in J 74

Calendars in chronological order but without indexes for the years 1876-1926 can be found in sequence starting from IND 1/6708

Orders resulting from the cases from 1920 to 1980 are in J 95

Motions on appeal from 1980 are in J 160

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
728 bundles, files and volumes
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10007/

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