Remedy
Start free

Section 15: General jurisdiction in actions of contract and tort.

County Courts Act 1984 · 1984 c. 28View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Jurisdiction and Transfer of Proceedings

Subject to subsection (2), the county court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action founded on contract or tort ....

The county court shall not, except as in this Act provided, have jurisdiction to hear and determine—

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
any action in which the title to ... any toll, fair, market or franchise is in question; or
any action for libel or slander.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.