High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland

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court court of record superior court

The High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland is a senior court within the Northern Irish judiciary that handles major civil and criminal cases and whose decisions can be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast	0	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court → court of record → superior court →
appellateTo	Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland →
buildingStyle	Victorian architecture → surface form: Gothic Revival architecture (Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast)
canIssue	declarations → injunctions → judicial review orders → writs of habeas corpus →
country	United Kingdom →
decisionsAppealableTo	Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
emblem	Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom → surface form: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (in Northern Ireland version)
establishedUnder	Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 →
governingLaw	Northern Ireland law →
handles	appeals from county courts in Northern Ireland → appeals from magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland → judicial review cases → major civil cases → serious criminal cases →
hasAuthorityOver	civil law in Northern Ireland → criminal law in Northern Ireland →
hasDivision	Chancery Division (Northern Ireland) → Family Division (Northern Ireland) → Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → surface form: King's Bench Division (Northern Ireland)
hasJudgeTitle	High Court judge → Lord Justice →
hasSeat	High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs → surface form: Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast
headedBy	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland →
hears	cases involving constitutional and administrative law issues in Northern Ireland →
highestCourtFor	most civil matters in Northern Ireland below the Court of Appeal →
jurisdiction	Northern Ireland →
legalSystem	common law →
locatedIn	Belfast → Northern Ireland → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs → surface form: Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast
oversees	Northern Ireland civil courts below High Court level → Northern Ireland criminal courts below High Court level →
partOf	Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service → surface form: Courts and Tribunals Service of Northern Ireland judiciary of Northern Ireland →
predecessor	Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland
relatedTo	Court of Session (in peerage matters) → surface form: Court of Session (Scotland) High Court of Justice of England and Wales →
ultimateAppealLiesTo	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
usesLanguage	English →

Referenced by (9)

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

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → above → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →

Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland → hasPart → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →

High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → hasSeat → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →

The Supreme Court → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →

subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →

High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland → locatedIn → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland → seatsAt → High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland →

this entity surface form: Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast