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31 March 1873
Supreme Court of Judicature Act
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The structure of the English law courts is reorganised. The seven courts
that have so far been independent of each other – Queen's
Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer, Chancery, Admiralty, Probate and Divorce – are
now amalgamated into three divisions of a single High Court: Queen's
Bench; Chancery and Admiralty; and Probate and Divorce. The High Court
and the Court of Appeal together make up the Supreme Court. The act aims
to make the Court of Appeal the final stop in the system, but the House
of Lords insists on retaining its right to hear further appeals.
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