Landed Estates Court (Ireland) Act, 1858

Appointment of future Judges.

IV. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty and Her Successors from Time to Time, when and as often as any Vacancy shall occur in the Office of any of the said Judges of the said Court herein-before named, or of any of their Successors for the Time being, by Death, Resignation, or Removal from Office, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to appoint, a fit Person, being a practising Barrister of at least Fifteen Years standing, who shall have actually practised Fifteen Years in Her Majesty’s Superior Courts in Dublin, and shall not, at the Time of his Appointment to such Office, have retired from such Practice, to supply such Vacancy.