Queen's Bench Division

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court division division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales

The Queen's Bench Division is a major branch of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales that primarily handles civil disputes, judicial review, and certain criminal matters.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Divisional Court of the King’s Bench Division	1
High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division	1
King's Bench Division	1
King's Bench Division of the High Court	1
King’s Bench Division of the High Court	1
King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice	1
King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice (in certain matters)	1
Queen's Bench Division of the High Court	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court division ⓘ division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
canGrant	damages ⓘ declarations ⓘ injunctions ⓘ judicial review remedies ⓘ prerogative orders ⓘ
canSit	district registries outside London ⓘ
country	England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEstablished	1875 ⓘ
establishedBy	Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles	applications for judicial review of decisions of public bodies ⓘ certain criminal matters ⓘ civil cases ⓘ commercial disputes ⓘ contract disputes ⓘ judicial review cases ⓘ personal injury claims ⓘ tort claims ⓘ
hasSubDivision	Administrative Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Admiralty Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Commercial Court NERFINISHED ⓘ King's Bench Division List (formerly Queen's Bench List) NERFINISHED ⓘ Media and Communications List ⓘ Planning Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Technology and Construction Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
headedBy	President of the King’s Bench Division ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Crown Court (on certain matters by way of case stated) NERFINISHED ⓘ Magistrates' courts (on points of law by way of case stated) ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
location	Royal Courts of Justice, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
parallelDivision	Chancery Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Family Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	High Court of Justice of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Senior Courts of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
previouslyCalled	Court of King’s Bench NERFINISHED ⓘ
seat	Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	administrative law ⓘ common law matters ⓘ defamation ⓘ media law ⓘ public law challenges ⓘ shipping and admiralty matters ⓘ technology and construction disputes ⓘ
supervisoryJurisdictionOver	inferior courts ⓘ public authorities ⓘ tribunals ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Lord Dyson → memberOf → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

President of the King’s Bench Division → heads → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice

President of the King’s Bench Division → canSitIn → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Divisional Court of the King’s Bench Division

Senior Courts of England and Wales → includesDivision → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen's Bench Division of the High Court

Senior Courts of England and Wales → includesDivision → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: King's Bench Division of the High Court

Administrative Court → partOf → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: King's Bench Division

Court of Arches → subordinateTo → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice (in certain matters)

Sir Joseph Cantley → memberOf → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

Common Bench → successor → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Court of Queen's Bench → followedBy → Queen's Bench Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: King’s Bench Division of the High Court