Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889
The Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 47) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Durham County Palatine Acts 1836 to 1889. The Bill for this Act was the Palatine Court of Durham Bill. Lely said that this Act was of practical utility.

Preamble
The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Section 1
In this section, the word "High" where it occurred before the word "Chancellor", and the words "of Great Britain", were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

Section 8 - Application of Trustee Act 1850 and Trustee Act 1852
This section was repealed by section 51 of, and the Schedule to, the Trustee Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 53).

Section 9 - Provision as to charities within jurisdiction of Court of Chancery of county palatine
In this section, the word "High" where it occurred before the word "Chancellor", and the words "of Great Britain", were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

This section was repealed by section 48(2) of, and Part I of the Seventh Schedule to, the Charities Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz 2 c 58).

Section 10 - Application of Acts to Palatine Court
In this section, the word "High" where it occurred before the word "Chancellor", and the words "of Great Britain", were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

The words "The Settled Land Act, 1882, and the Settled Land Act, 1884" were repealed by section 119(1) of, and the Fifth Schedule to, the Settled Land Act 1925.

This section, to the words "judge thereof", was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.

Section 11 - Appeal to Court of Appeal
In this section, the words "after the passing of this Act" were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1908.

This section, to the words "for the time being and", was repealed by section 226(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.

Lapsley said that the principal change introduced by this Act was the provision, in section 11, that appeals should in future lie to the Court of Appeal and thence to the House of Lords, and that no appeal from any order or judgement of the chancellor of Durham should be taken directly to the House of Lords.

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"The Law and the Lawyers" (1889) 87 The Law Times 413. See also pages 303 and 325.
"Current Topics" (1890) 34 Solicitors Journal 595
(1889) 24 The Law Journal 388
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1889