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 of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
surface form: High Court

High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
surface form: High Court of Justice
appealsTo Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedBy Judicature Acts ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873
governingLaw Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
Senior Courts Act 1981 ⓘ
hasBuilding Royal Courts of Justice ⓘ
hasCircuitCentre Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre ⓘ
Law Courts of Cardiff ⓘ
surface form: Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre

Leeds Combined Court Centre ⓘ
Civil Justice Centre, Manchester ⓘ
surface form: Manchester Civil Justice Centre
hasDivision Chancery Division of the High Court ⓘ
surface form: Chancery Division

Family Division of the High Court ⓘ
surface form: Family Division

King’s Bench ⓘ
surface form: King's Bench Division
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, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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 ⓘ
surface form: President of the King's Bench Division
replaced Admiralty courts ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty Court

Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Court of Probate ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench ⓘ
surface form: Court of Queen's Bench

Family Division of the High Court ⓘ
surface form: Divorce Court

Court of Chancery ⓘ
surface form: High Court of Chancery

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Referenced by (59)

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

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
English law → hasCourtSystem → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench → mergedInto → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
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 of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → aboveInHierarchy → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
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 → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commercial Court of England and Wales
High Court of Justice of England and Wales → alsoKnownAs → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court
High Court of Justice of England and Wales → alsoKnownAs → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
The Supreme Court → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
United States v. Julian Assange → extraditionAppealHeardBy → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
judicial title for some female judges in the UK → isTitleStyleOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Dame Justice
Magistrates' courts of England and Wales → appealTo → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Court of Common Pleas → mergedInto → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
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 (former) → employer → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Dame Anne Rafferty
Court of Exchequer → mergedInto → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Judicature Acts → component → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Royal Courts of Justice → houses → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
King’s Bench → mergedInto → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
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 of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Senior Courts of England and Wales → hasPart → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Senior Courts of England and Wales → formerlyKnownAs → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature
Senior Courts of England and Wales → oversees → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Senior Courts of England and Wales → predecessor → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature
Civil Division → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
Senior Courts Act 1981 → defines → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Lord Justice of Appeal → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
History on Trial → setting → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Administrative Court → partOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
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 of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre → partOf → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice system
UKSC → appealsFrom → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: High Court of England and Wales
Leeds Combined Court Centre → hasCourtType → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Chancery Lane → hasNearby → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
High Sheriff → associatedWith → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Justice
Mr Justice → usedInCourtLevel → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ