High Court

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The High Court is a senior court in the judicial system of England and Wales that handles complex and high-value civil cases, significant family matters, and important appeals.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
High Court canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil court ⓘ
court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
alsoKnownAs High Court ⓘ
appealsFrom County Court ⓘ
Family Court ⓘ
certain tribunals ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
appliesLaw law of England and Wales ⓘ
canSitAt district registries outside London ⓘ
country England and Wales ⓘ
dateEstablished 1875 ⓘ
establishedBy Judicature Acts ⓘ
handlesCaseType commercial disputes ⓘ
company law matters ⓘ
complex civil cases ⓘ
contract disputes ⓘ
high-value civil cases ⓘ
important appeals from lower courts ⓘ
insolvency matters ⓘ
intellectual property disputes ⓘ
international civil disputes involving England and Wales ⓘ
judicial review cases ⓘ
probate matters ⓘ
public law family cases ⓘ
serious personal injury claims ⓘ
significant family law cases ⓘ
tort claims ⓘ
trusts disputes ⓘ
hasAuthorityType superior court jurisdiction ⓘ
hasDivision Chancery Division ⓘ
Family Division ⓘ
linked to: family law division

King's Bench Division ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil matters ⓘ
family matters ⓘ
some criminal matters related to judicial review and appeals ⓘ
hasSeat Royal Courts of Justice ⓘ
hasSeniorJudge Chancellor of the High Court ⓘ
President of the Family Division ⓘ
President of the King's Bench Division ⓘ
headedBy Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
languageOfCourt English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
locatedInJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
oversees lower civil courts in England and Wales ⓘ
partOf Senior Courts of England and Wales ⓘ
subjectToAppealTo Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Court of Justice → alsoKnownAs → High Court ⓘ
subject linked to: High Court