The king's bench division

• What is under the jurisdiction of the King's Bench division?

  Contract and Tort cases worth over £ 100000 in value, or smaller cases where a complex area of law is involved
• What are the two specialties in the King's Bench Divison?

  Administerative court

  Circuit Commericial court
• What does the administerative court hear?

  Applications for judicial review

  Applications for habeus corpus

  Case stated appeals in criminal cases decided at the crown or magistrate court
• What is habeus corpus?

  Legal protection against unlawful detention.
• What doe the circuit commercial courts hear?

  Commercial disputes.