Court of Appeal Act 2014
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Completion of partly heard cases by judge appointed to higher court | ||
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34. The Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 6A (amended by section 187 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 ): | ||
“6A. (1) Where a judicial office within the meaning of section 6 of this Act is vacated by a person in accordance with subsection (3) of that section, the person shall complete the hearing and pronounce judgment in respect of any case or cases that have been partly heard by the person in the Court in which the judicial office is vacated if, at the request of the President of that Court— | ||
(a) in case the person is appointed to the office of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal, President of the High Court or President of the Circuit Court, he or she considers it appropriate to do so, or | ||
(b) in case the person is appointed to the office of— | ||
(i) ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice requests the person to do so, | ||
(ia) ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal, the President of the Court of Appeal requests the person to do so, | ||
(ii) ordinary judge of the High Court, the President of the High Court requests the person to do so, or | ||
(iii) ordinary judge of the Circuit Court or specialist judge of the Circuit Court, the President of the Circuit Court requests the person to do so. | ||
(2) Whenever a judge sits in a court in pursuance of this section, he or she shall be an additional judge of the Court concerned for all the purposes of that Court.”. |