High Court of Justice of England and Wales

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court superior court of record

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.

Aliases (3)

High Court of Justice ×8
Commercial Court of England and Wales ×1
High Court ×1

Statements (49)

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 →
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 →
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 → 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 → Court of Common Pleas → Court of Exchequer → Court of Probate → Court of Queen's Bench → Divorce Court → High Court of Chancery →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Court of Appeal of England and Wales ("High Court of Justice") → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →	hearsAppealsFrom
Court of Common Pleas ("High Court of Justice") → Court of Exchequer ("High Court of Justice") → Court of King’s Bench ("High Court of Justice") →	mergedInto
High Court of Justice of England and Wales ("High Court") → High Court of Justice of England and Wales ("High Court of Justice") →	alsoKnownAs
County courts of England and Wales → Magistrates' courts of England and Wales ("High Court of Justice") →	appealTo
judiciary of England and Wales → judiciary of England and Wales ("Commercial Court of England and Wales") →	overseesCourt
Court of Appeal of England and Wales ("High Court of Justice") →	aboveInHierarchy
Judicature Acts ("High Court of Justice") →	component
Dame Anne Rafferty →	employer
United States v. Julian Assange →	extraditionAppealHeardBy
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales →	hasAuthorityOver
English law →	hasCourtSystem
County courts of England and Wales →	higherCourt
courts of the United Kingdom →	includesCourt
Dame Justice →	isTitleStyleOf
High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →	relatedTo