Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
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The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes was created by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857
, which transferred the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts in matters matrimonial to the new court so created.
The Judge Ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes also presided over the Court of Probate
, but the two Courts remained separate entities.
On 1 November 1875, under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875, the Judge Ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes was transferred, as its President, to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice
.
Matrimonial Causes Act 1857
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act reformed the law on divorce, moving litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage based on contract rather than...
, which transferred the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts in matters matrimonial to the new court so created.
The Judge Ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes also presided over the Court of Probate
Court of Probate
The Court of Probate was created by the Court of Probate Act 1857, which transferred the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts in testamentary matters to the new court so created....
, but the two Courts remained separate entities.
On 1 November 1875, under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 was an Act of Parliament by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1873...
and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875, the Judge Ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes was transferred, as its President, to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
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Judges Ordinary of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes
- 6 January 1858: Sir Cresswell Cresswell
- 26 August 1863: Sir James Plaisted Wilde (ennobled as Lord Penzance from 6 April 1869)
- 14 November 1872: Sir James HannenJames Hannen, Baron HannenJames Hannen, Baron Hannen, , English judge, son of a London merchant, was born at Peckham.He was educated at St Paul's School and at Heidelberg University, which was famous as a school of law. Called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1848, he joined the home circuit...