Administration of Justice Act 1969

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Amendments of County Courts Act 1959

   1. 1. Increase of general jurisdiction in contract and tort and in respect of money recoverable by statute

   2. 2. Corresponding increases under other provisions

   3. 3. Transfer of certain actions of contract or tort from county court to High Court at defendant's instance

   4. 4. Costs of proceedings commenced in High Court which could have been commenced in county court

   5. 5. Increase of jurisdiction in equity and certain related proceedings

   6. 6. General ancillary jurisdiction

   7. 7. Right of audience

   8. 8. Assessors

   9. 9. County court rules

   10. 10. Power to raise limits of jurisdiction

   11. 11. Miscellaneous amendments of principal Act

3. PART II Appeal from High Court to House of Lords

   1. 12. Grant of certificate by trial judge

   2. 13. Leave to appeal to House of Lords

   3. 14. Appeal where leave granted

   4. 15. Cases excluded from s. 12

   5. 16. Application of Part II to Northern Ireland

4. PART III Power to make Wills and Codicils for Mentally Disordered Persons

   1. 17. Provision for executing will for patient

   2. 18. Supplementary provisions as to wills executed under s 103(1)(dd)

   3. 19. Other amendments of Mental Health Act 1959

5. PART IV Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

   1. 20. Orders for interim payment

   2. 21. Powers of court exercisable before commencement of action

   3. 22. Interest on damages

   4. 23. Power of Lord Chancellor to assign any particular jurisdiction of the High Court to two or more Divisions concurrently

   5. 24. Appeal Tribunals under Patents Act 1949 and Registered Designs Act 1949

   6. 25. Clerks to registrars of Chancery Division

   7. 26. Provisions as to other employments in Supreme Court

   8. 27. Records of grants of probate and grants of administration

   9. 28. Second and subsequent grants of probate and administration

   10. 29. Reduction of period of apprenticeship for public notaries in London

   11. 30. Superannuation benefits in respect of certain judicial offices

   12. 31. Further provisions as to pension rights and related matters

   13. 32. Transfer of liability for stipend and fees of Chancellor of County Palatine of Durham

   14. 33. Extension of legislative power of Parliament of Northern Ireland with respect to grand juries and indictments

   15. 34. Interpretation, application to Crown, and provisions as to orders

   16. 35. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

   17. 36. Short title, extent and commencement

6. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Enactments Amended

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Repeals

      1. Acts

      2. Instrument