Senior Courts Act 1981

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The Senior Courts Act 1981 (formerly Supreme Court Act 1981) establishes the constitution, jurisdiction, and powers of the Senior Courts of England and Wales — the Court of Appeal, High Court, and Crown Court.

핵심 포인트

• Establishes the Court of Appeal (Civil and Criminal Divisions), High Court (Queen's/King's Bench, Chancery, Family), and Crown Court
• High Court has unlimited civil jurisdiction
• Crown Court has exclusive jurisdiction over trial on indictment
• Judicial review remedies — mandatory, prohibiting, and quashing orders (s.31)
• Injunction and declaration powers
• Norwich Pharmacal orders — disclosure of wrongdoer's identity (derived from case law, facilitated by Act)

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