What is the Chancery Guide?
What is the Chancery Guide?
The Chancery Guide provides important practical information about the conduct of litigation in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice. It includes general information on: starting a case. making a statement of case.
What does Chancery deal with?
The Chancery had jurisdiction over all matters of equity, including trusts, land law, the estates of lunatics and the guardianship of infants.
Does Chancery court still exist?
It began to develop in the 15th century as a court of equity to provide remedies not obtainable in the courts of common law. Today, courts of chancery or equity are still maintained as separate jurisdictions in certain areas of the Commonwealth and in some states of the United States.
What is the business list?
The Business List (Chancery Division). This includes all the cases that were previously issued in the Chancery Division, including real property cases, pensions cases, financial services cases (outside the Financial List), and regulatory cases.
What is chancery law?
Chancery law is basically a historical label for any work which is heard in the Chancery Division. In practical terms, this includes property, insolvency, inheritance, company law, trusts, patents and partnerships.
What’s another word for Chancery?
Chancery Synonyms – WordHippo Thesaurus….What is another word for chancery?
| court | bench |
|---|---|
| beak | judge |
| judicature | jurist |
| justice | magistrate |
| assizes | courtroom |
What is a head of Chancery?
The term derives from chancery or chancellery, the office of a chancellor. Some nations title the head of foreign affairs a chancellor, and ‘chancery’ eventually became a common referent to the main building of an embassy.
What’s another word for chancery?
What is a head of chancery?
What is Chancery law?
What cases are heard in the Commercial Court?
Cases that we hear include disputes arising in relation to:
- commercial contracts and business documents.
- insurance and reinsurance matters.
- financial instruments including derivatives, bonds, securities and investment funds.
- import, export and transport (‘carriage’) of goods.