Chancery (Ireland) Act, 1867

Appointment of chief clerks.

11. It shall be lawful for the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor for the time being respectively, with the approbation of the Lord Chancellor, to appoint one chief clerk each, to be respectively attached to the court of each such judge and his successors in office, for the purpose of assisting the judge in business not of a judicial character, and on any vacancy in such office of chief clerk to supply such vacancy.