§ Sir P. Rawlinsonasked the Attorney-General what is the estimated total administrative and other costs, including staff and office accommodation, of the proposed transfer of undefended divorce suits to the county court.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIt is not possible to give a precise estimate of these 361W costs but they are unlikely to be significant. It is expected that apart from a few courts on the outskirts of London only the county courts at places where there are now district registries with divorce jurisdiction will be designated as divorce county courts when the transfer of jurisdiction takes place. The work will therefore continue to be done in the main by the same officials and at the same places as it is now. The new rules may possibly impose additional duties on the court officials with regard to the service of process and similar matters but no forecast can be made at this stage of the effect of any such changes on administrative costs.