The Irish county courts

Abstract

The course of legislation during the present session of parliament indicates very clearly what the future of the County Courts of Ireland will be. They will be the courts in which all the proceedings with respect to the property of the class above the mere labourer, and below the proprietary, professional, and business classes, will be disposed of. As this change appears to be inevitable, what is of immediate importance is, that the further steps for the necessary extension of the jurisdiction of the court, and for the proper organization of the staff of the court, should be taken as promptly as possible; and we have a right to ask that all the principles which have been sanctioned by the most recent authorities in England on similar subjects should be promptly applied.