Courts of Justice Act, 1936
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Finality of decision of Circuit Court in certain cases. |
31.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Part of this Act, no appeal shall lie from any judgment or order of the Circuit Court in any civil action or matter which is final and conclusive by virtue of an Act of the Oireachtas whether passed before or after this Act, nor from any judgment or order of the Circuit Court made on a petition to the Circuit Court under section 6 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, or under the Sixth Schedule to the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925). | |
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Part of this Act, no appeal shall lie from any decision of the Circuit Court on an appeal to that Court under an enactment relating to a tax or duty under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners, save only such (if any) appeal (including an appeal by way of case stated) as may lie under any such enactment as aforesaid in force immediately before the commencement of this Part of this Act. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Part of this Act, no appeal shall lie from any decision of the Circuit Court on an appeal to that Court under the Valuation Acts, but in lieu of such appeal the right to a case stated conferred by sections 10 and 11 of the Annual Revision of Rateable Property (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1860, shall, on the commencement of this Part of this Act, become and be exerciseable and the said sections 10 and 11 and also section 12 (to the words “case under this Act”) of the same Act, as adapted or modified by or under any Act passed before this Act, shall, as on and from such commencement, have full force and effect with and subject to the following modifications, that is to say:— | ||
(a) references to a court of general or quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the Circuit Court, and | ||
(b) references to the chairman of a court of general or quarter sessions shall be construed as references to the judge of the Circuit Court, and | ||
(c) references to a superior court of law shall be construed as references to the High Court, and | ||
(d) the decision of the High Court shall be subject to appeal to the Supreme Court. |