First Legal history

It was not until 1830 that there was any change to the nearly 300-year-old assize courts.

"British House of Commons, drawing from 1834." Picture. commons.wikimedia.org 18 Feb.

County courts, dealing with civil cases, were created under the County Courts Act 1846.

In 1856, judges of the Central Criminal Court were also given the right to hear cases outside the court’s ordinary jurisdiction, to ensure a fair trial where local prejudice existed or when it could offer an early trial and so avoid the delay involved in waiting for the next assizes.

In 1873, Parliament passed the Judicature Act which merged common law and equity.

Lawrence de Brok, a serjeant, became a judge in 1268, starting the tradition, which lasted until 1875, of serjeants being the group from which judges were chosen.

Criminal appeal rights remained limited until the establishment of a Court of Criminal Appeal under the Criminal Appeal Act 1907.

B.J. 355, 358 (1990). 3 Zephaniah Swift, A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut.

And until 2006, the Lord Chancellor was part of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.

Thomson West, 2008 Lewis, Leon P., "The Development of a Common Law System in Connecticut", 26 Conn.