Div 1General Division

Division 1—General Division 17—General jurisdiction (1) The court shall be a court of law and equity. (2) Subject to subsection (3), there is vested in the court in its General Division— (a) the like jurisdiction, in and for the State, as was formerly vested in, or capable of being exercised by, all or any of the courts in England, following: (i) The High Court of Chancery, both as a common law court and as a court of equity: (ii) The Court of Queen's Bench: (iii) The Court of Common Pleas at Westminster: (iv) The Court of Exchequer both as a court of revenue and as a court of common law: (v) The courts created by commissions of assize: (b) such other jurisdiction, whether original or appellate, as is vested in, or capable of being exercised by the court: (c) such other jurisdiction as is in this Act conferred upon the court. (3) The court does not, in its General Division, have jurisdiction in respect of the matters that are, under section 19B, to be heard and determined by the Court of Appeal. 18—Testamentary jurisdiction (1) Subject to this Act and the Succession Act 2023, the court has jurisdiction, including jurisdiction for all purposes the court considers appropriate— (a) to make and revoke a grant of probate of the will or letters of administration of the estate of any deceased person; and (b) to hear and decide all testamentary matters; and (c) to hear and decide all matters relating to the estate and the administration of the estate of any deceased person. (2) The court may make any declaration, and make and enforce any order, that may be necessary or convenient in the exercise of its jurisdiction under the Succession Act 2023. 19—Matrimonial jurisdiction There shall be vested in the court— (a) the like jurisdiction in relation to matrimonial causes and matters as was immediately before the commencement of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 vested in or exercisable by any ecclesiastical court or person in England in respect of divorce a mensa et thoro, nullity of marriage, jactitation of marriage or restitution of conjugal rights, and in respect of any matrimonial cause or matter except marriage licences: (b) all such jurisdiction in relation to matrimonial causes and matters as under or by virtue of any enactment not repealed by this Act, is vested in or capable of being exercised by the court.