Civil law high court jurisdiction

• How many are there in England and Wales

  1 in London

  26 in other towns
• Judges that can sit

  High Court Judges

  (71 high court judges assigned to KBD
• The three divisions of High Court

  Kings Bench Division

  Family Division

  Chancery Division
• Kings Bench Division track

  Multi track cases
• KBD appeals


  From magistrates court (high profile only)
• KBD perform -------- reviews


  judicial
• KBD deals with -------- matters

  planning

  (e.g. planning permission)
• Family Division case types

  Divorce

  Custody

  Adoption
• Family Division (only deal with serious cases) act

  Crime and Courts Act 2013
• Chancery division case types


  Business disputes

  Wills

  Trust

  Bankruptcy

  Insolvency
• Chancery division appeals


  From crown court and high value cases
• High court tracks


  High value(over £100,000/complex multi-track cases