High Court of Justice of England and Wales

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The High Court of Justice of England and Wales is a senior court of record that primarily handles high-value and complex civil cases, as well as important judicial review and appellate matters within the English and Welsh legal system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
alsoKnownAs High Court ⓘ
High Court of Justice ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedBy Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 ⓘ
linked to: Judicature Acts
governingLaw Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
hasBuilding Royal Courts of Justice ⓘ
hasCircuitCentre Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre ⓘ
Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre ⓘ
Leeds Combined Court Centre ⓘ
Manchester Civil Justice Centre ⓘ
hasDivision Chancery Division ⓘ
Family Division ⓘ
King's Bench Division ⓘ
linked to: King’s Bench
hasJurisdiction appeals from County Court ⓘ
appeals from certain tribunals ⓘ
complex civil litigation ⓘ
high-value civil cases ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
serious criminal cases on appeal or judicial review ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/the-justice-system/court-structure/high-court/ ⓘ
headedBy Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
hierarchyPosition above County Court ⓘ
below Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
inception 1875 ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
Welsh law ⓘ
locatedIn City of Westminster ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Strand, London ⓘ
location Royal Courts of Justice ⓘ
numberOfJudges over 100 High Court judges ⓘ
partOf Senior Courts of England and Wales ⓘ
presidentOfDivision Chancellor of the High Court ⓘ
President of the Family Division ⓘ
President of the King's Bench Division ⓘ
replaced Admiralty Court ⓘ
linked to: Admiralty courts

Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Court of Probate ⓘ
Court of Queen's Bench ⓘ
Divorce Court ⓘ
High Court of Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Court of Chancery

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English law → hasCourtSystem → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
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Court of King’s Bench → mergedInto → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → hasAuthorityOver → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → aboveInHierarchy → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → relatedTo → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
judiciary of England and Wales → overseesCourt → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
judiciary of England and Wales → overseesCourt → Commercial Court of England and Wales ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
High Court of Justice of England and Wales → alsoKnownAs → High Court ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
High Court of Justice of England and Wales → alsoKnownAs → High Court of Justice ⓘ
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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject linked to: The Supreme Court
United States v. Julian Assange → extraditionAppealHeardBy → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Dame Justice → isTitleStyleOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Magistrates' courts of England and Wales → appealTo → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Court of Common Pleas → mergedInto → High Court of Justice ⓘ
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County courts of England and Wales → higherCourt → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
County courts of England and Wales → appealTo → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Dame Anne Rafferty → employer → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject linked to: Dame Anne Rafferty (former)
Court of Exchequer → mergedInto → High Court of Justice ⓘ
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Judicature Acts → component → High Court of Justice ⓘ
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Royal Courts of Justice → houses → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
King’s Bench → mergedInto → High Court of Justice ⓘ
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England and Wales → hasSeniorCourt → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Slynn of Hadley → employer → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
President of the King’s Bench Division → partOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
President of the King’s Bench Division → memberOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
President of the Family Division → isPartOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
President of the Family Division → category → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Chancellor of the High Court → partOf → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Senior Courts of England and Wales → hasPart → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Senior Courts of England and Wales → formerlyKnownAs → Supreme Court of Judicature ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Senior Courts of England and Wales → oversees → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Senior Courts of England and Wales → predecessor → Supreme Court of Judicature ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Division
Senior Courts Act 1981 → defines → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Lord Justice of Appeal → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice ⓘ
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History on Trial → setting → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Administrative Court → partOf → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Technology and Construction Court → partOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Chancery Division of the High Court → partOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Family Division of the High Court → partOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Court of Probate → successor → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre → partOf → High Court of Justice system ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → appealsFrom → High Court of England and Wales ⓘ
subject linked to: UKSC
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Leeds Combined Court Centre → hasCourtType → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Chancery Lane → hasNearby → High Court of Justice ⓘ
linked to: High Court of Justice of England and Wales
High Sheriff → associatedWith → High Court of Justice ⓘ
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Mr Justice → usedInCourtLevel → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ