Commercial Court, the name given to a court presided over by a single judge for the trial, as expeditiously as may be, of cases set down in a commercial list at the Royal Courts of Justice. The list was established in 1896 [not by any Rule of the Supreme Court, but by inherent power of the High Court or any Division of it to arrange its business-see Barry v. Peruvian Corporation, (1896) 1 QB 109]-and Mr. Justice Mathew was the first judge. The particular circumstances and the question in issue must be considered in order to decide whether a case should be made a commercial cause, see Insurance Co. v. Carr, 1901 (1) KB 7. See Annual Practice, part vi., 'Commercial Causes,' and Encyclop'dia of the Laws of England.
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