Editing Four Courts (section)

==Court structure==
The building originally housed four superior courts, of [[Court of Chancery (Ireland)|Chancery]], [[Court of King's Bench (Ireland)|King's Bench]], [[Court of Exchequer (Ireland)|Exchequer]] and [[Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)|Common Pleas]], giving the building its name.<ref name=iclr>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishreports.ie/about/history-four-courts.htm|title=Four Courts|publisher=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101145314/http://www.irishreports.ie/about/history-four-courts.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Under the [[Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877]], these four courts were replaced by two - the [[Court of Appeal in Ireland|Court of Appeal]], presided over by the [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland|Lord Chancellor]], and the [[High Court of Justice in Ireland|High Court of Justice]], headed by the [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland|Lord Chief Justice]] - but the building has retained its historic name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1877/act/57/section/28/enacted/en/html|title=Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877|publisher=Irish Statute Book|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109003410/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1877/act/57/section/28/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Under the [[Courts of Justice Act 1924]], courts were established for the new [[Irish Free State]] with the [[Supreme Court of the Irish Free State|Supreme Court of Justice]], presided over by the [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]], replacing the Court of Appeal and a reconstituted [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court of Justice]], presided over by the President of the High Court, continuing the jurisdiction of the old High Court. The [[Constitution of Ireland]] in 1937 provided that courts would be established in a manner provided by the Constitution; this did not in fact occur until the implementation of the Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act 1961. The [[Supreme Court of Ireland|Supreme Court]] and High Court (now dropping "of Justice" from their title) established under this act continued the jurisdiction of the courts established under the 1924 Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1924/en/act/pub/0010/print.html|title=The Courts of Justice Act 1924|publisher=Irish Statute Book|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-date=11 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811034254/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1924/en/act/pub/0010/print.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

A new [[Court of Appeal (Ireland)|Court of Appeal]] was established in 2014, following a [[Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|referendum in 2013]], largely taking over the [[appellate jurisdiction]] of the Supreme Court and the old [[Court of Criminal Appeal (Ireland)|Court of Criminal Appeal]]. Its civil division sits in the Four Courts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/act/pub/0018/index.html|title=Court of Appeal Act 2014|date=20 July 2014|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=24 March 2015|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723004532/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/act/pub/0018/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>