Mayor's and City of London Court
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County Court
A county court is a court based in or with a jurisdiction covering one or more counties, which are administrative divisions within a country, not to be confused with the medieval system of county courts held by the High Sheriff of each county.-England and Wales:County Court matters can be lodged...
in the City of London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
. It is located at Guildhall Buildings, Basinghall Street
Basinghall Street
Basinghall Street is a street in the City of London, England. It today lies chiefly in the ward of Bassishaw with the southern end in Cheap and Coleman Street wards...
.
The current court is the successor to courts pre-dating the County Courts Act 1846, which introduced the modern system of county courts. The 1846 Act deliberately did not extend to the City of London and so did not alter the position of the Mayor's Court and the City of London Court, although later legislation applied the rules prevailing in county courts to these two courts as well. The two courts were combined with effect from 1 January 1921 by the Mayor's and City of London Court Act 1920, as commemorated on a tablet by the court entrance.
In 1971, the old Mayor's and City of London Court was abolished (by section 42 of the Courts Act 1971
Courts Act 1971
The Courts Act 1971 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom the purpose of which was to reform and modernise the courts system of England and Wales....
), the City of London was made a county court district and the new county court for the city of London was given the name of its predecessor. It remains the only county court not to contain "county" in its title.