High court

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As with the county court, claims will be heard in open court by a single judge of the High court. Judges will be assigned to the King's Bench, Chancery or Family division and will only hear cases relating to the work of said divisions. The judge will read case papers before the hearing, and can hear legal arguments and evidence during the trial.
after a hearing, the judge high court judge will decide:
Liability
remedies
compensation
who pays case costs
What are the 3 divisions of the high court?
King's bench division
King's Chancery division
King's family division
What is dealt with in the King's Bench division?
It has a wide jurisdiction, dealing with tort and contract claims over £100,000 in value or cases that are smaller in value but have a complicated issue of law.
What are two of the specialist courts of the King's bench division
Administrative court and Circuit Commercial courts
what does the administrative court of the king's bench division deal with?
applications for judicial review
applications for habeus corpus
Case stated appeals decided at the magistrate or crown court
what is the jurisdiction of the king's chancery division?
Disputes relating to business, property, or land where over £ 100,000 is in issue.
Disputes over trusts
contentious probate claims
disputes over partnerships
What are two of the specialist courts of the chancery division?
Insolvency and companies list
what is the jurisdiction of the king's family division?
Cases where a child is to be made a ward of the court and cases relating to the welfare of a child under the children act 1989
Appeals from lower courts such as family proceedings courts which hare part of the magistrates' courts, and complicated family cases transferred from the county court.
Cases with some sort of foreign element such as international child abduction, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, where a divorce has happened outside of england but the parties are disputing property within england.