For the purposes of section 33(1) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 the Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court shall be a divorce county court and a court of trial.
The Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings begun in the Shoreditch County Court and the Clerkenwell County Court before this Order comes into force.
Article 6Proceedings under the Insolvency Act 1986#
The Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court shall be excluded from having jurisdiction under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Article 7Amendments to the Civil Courts Order 1983#
The Civil Courts Order 1983 shall be amended as follows:
(1)In Schedule 3—
(a)delete the entries relating to Clerkenwell County Court;
(b)delete the entries relating to Shoreditch County Court;
(c)in the fifth column, for each entry for “Westminster”, substitute “Central London”;
(2)after the entry for “Exeter” insert—
(a)in the first column “Farringdon”;
(b)in the second column “Divorce”;
(c)in the Fifth column “Central London”.
(3)In Schedule 4 insert—“14 The name of the County Court at Farringdon, shall be the Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court.”
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