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During the Commonwealth of England, from 1649 to 1660, the court was known as the Upper Bench. [2] The English Court of King's Bench was abolished in 1875 by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873. The Court's jurisdiction passed in each case to a new High Court of Justice and specifically to the King's Bench Division of that court.
The Queen's Bench thus ceased to exist, holding its last session on 6 July 1875, [32] except as the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court. [33] The existence of the same courts as divisions of one unified body was a quirk of constitutional law, which prevented the compulsory demotion or retirement of Chief Justices.
Court of King's Bench (Ireland), a historic senior court of common law in Ireland; King's Bench Division, a division of the High Court of England and Wales that assumed many of the responsibilities of the historic King's Bench in 1875; Court of King's Bench of Alberta, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Alberta; Court of King ...
Case listings have begun referring to the King’s Bench Division of the High Court and Queen’s Counsel have become King’s Counsel.
According to Elrington Ball, [3] the Court called the King's Bench can be identified as early as 1290. It was fully operational by 1324, headed by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, who was assisted by at least one, and usually, two or more associate justices, although for brief periods the Chief Justice was forced to sit alone, due to the lack of a suitably qualified colleague.
Justice of the King's Bench, or Justice of the Queen's Bench during the reign of a female monarch, was a puisne judicial position within the Court of King's Bench, under the Chief Justice. The King's Bench was a court of common law which modern academics argue was founded independently in 1234, having previously been part of the curia regis. [2]
The Court of King's Bench Act foresaw the need to rename the court in the event of a female monarch. The act provides that, during the reign of a king, the court is known as the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan. During the reign of a queen , it is known as the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan. [14]
The Court of Queen's Bench Act sets out the styling convention of the court in Section 2.1. During the reign of a queen, it is known as the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. On September 8, 2022, upon the accession of King Charles III to the throne, the name changed to the Court of King's Bench of Alberta. [2]