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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992
9Equitable jurisdiction
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### 9 Equitable jurisdiction
> The Court has the jurisdiction of, and may exercise the powers and authority of, the Supreme Court to hear and determine any of the following:
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> > > (a) an action for foreclosure or redemption of any mortgage or for enforcing any charge or lien, where the amount owing in respect of the mortgage, charge or lien does not exceed the prescribed amount;
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> > > (b) an action for the specific performance, or for the rectification, delivery up or cancellation, of any agreement for the sale, purchase or lease of any property, where, in the case of a sale or purchase, the purchase money, or in the case of a lease, the value of the property, does not exceed the prescribed amount;
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> > > (c) an action for the partition of land where the value of the land does not exceed the prescribed amount;
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> > > (d) an action for the determination of any question that has arisen in respect of any requisition, objection, claim for compensation or other matter arising out of or connected with a contract for the sale of any freehold land, the value of which does not exceed the prescribed amount, or any leasehold estate where the rent payable under the lease is at a rate not greater than the prescribed amount a year;
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> > > (e) an action for relief against the forfeiture of a lease or tenancy for non-payment of rent in any case where the rent payable under the lease or tenancy is at a rate not greater than the prescribed amount a year;
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> > > (f) an action for the rectification of any written contract where the value of the subject matter of the contract does not exceed the prescribed amount;
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> > > (g) an action for relief against fraud or mistake, where the damage sustained or the estate or fund in respect of which relief is sought does not exceed in amount or value the prescribed amount;
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> > > (h) an action for the dissolution or winding-up of any partnership (whether or not the existence of the partnership is in dispute), where the whole assets of the partnership do not exceed in amount or value the prescribed amount;
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> > > (i) an action for an order in the nature of an injunction, where such an order is requisite for granting relief in any matter in which jurisdiction is given by this Act to the Court, or for stay of proceedings at law to recover any debt provable under a judgment for the administration of an estate made by the Court;
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> > > (j) an action relating to the maintenance or advancement of a minor, where the property of the minor does not exceed in amount or value the prescribed amount;
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> > > (k) any other matter which is within the equitable jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and which is in respect of an amount that does not exceed the prescribed amount other than –
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> > > > > (i) an action for the administration of the estate of a deceased person; or
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> > > > > (ii) an action for the execution of a trust or for a declaration that a trust exists.