High Court

• There are three divisions in the High court:

  Kings bench division

  Chancery

  Family
• Claims will be heard in open court by a single judge of the High court, unless it is a family claim.
• At the end of the hearing, the judge will decide who is liable, the compensation to be paid and who should pay for the court costs.
• Kings Bench Division:

  The largest of the three Divisions.

  Claims over £100000 are heard here or complex cases over £50000.

  The specialists courts within the Kings Bench Division:

  • The Administrative Court-hears application for judical review and applications.
  • Case stated appeals in criminal cases decided at the magistrates court/crown court
• The Chancery Division:

  Deals with business or land disputes over £100000

  Disputes over trust

  Contentious probate claims

  Disputes about partnerships matters.
• Family Division:

  Generally heard in private

  Cases relating to the welfare of children under the children Act 1989

  Appeals from lower courts such as family proceedings court

  cases with a foreign element such as international child abduction, forced marriage and where a divorce has happened outside of England but disputing land in English land .