An action to recover a statutory debt arising from a decision of a public body is a monetary claim assigned to the Common Law Division, not an application 'in respect of' that decision assigned to the Administrative Law Division. The District Court therefore has jurisdiction under s 44(1)(a)(i) of the District Court Act 1973 to hear such claims. The phrase 'action of a kind' in s 44(1)(a)(i) refers to a genus or class of action (e.g., action to recover a statutory debt), and it is not necessary that the specific statutory provision creating the debt existed on 2 February 1998.
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