County courts of England and Wales

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civil court system court of first instance

The County Courts of England and Wales are local civil courts that handle the majority of non-criminal legal disputes, including contract, tort, family, and housing matters, under the jurisdiction of English law.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
County Court 5
County Court of England and Wales 2
County courts of England and Wales canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil court system ⓘ
court of first instance ⓘ
administeredBy Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ
surface form: HM Courts and Tribunals Service
appealTo Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem English law ⓘ
canAward damages ⓘ
canGrant declaratory relief ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
specific performance ⓘ
country England and Wales ⓘ
doesNotHandle most indictable-only offences ⓘ
serious criminal cases ⓘ
governedBy Civil Procedure Rules (for some matters) ⓘ
surface form: Civil Procedure Rules
governingStatute County Courts Act 1984 ⓘ
Courts Act 2003 ⓘ
handlesCaseType bankruptcy proceedings ⓘ
consumer disputes ⓘ
contract disputes ⓘ
debt recovery claims ⓘ
equity and trusts matters ⓘ
family matters ⓘ
housing matters ⓘ
insolvency proceedings ⓘ
landlord and tenant disputes ⓘ
negligence claims ⓘ
personal injury claims ⓘ
possession proceedings ⓘ
small claims ⓘ
tort claims ⓘ
hasDivision fast track ⓘ
multi-track ⓘ
small claims track ⓘ
hasJudgeType circuit judge ⓘ
deputy district judge ⓘ
district judge ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom some decisions of tribunals in civil matters ⓘ
higherCourt High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction civil matters ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationType local courts ⓘ
mayUse lay representatives in some hearings ⓘ
partOf court system of England and Wales ⓘ
previousStructure separate local county courts before 2014 ⓘ
primaryFunction resolution of civil disputes ⓘ
reform unified into a single County Court for England and Wales in 2014 ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review in the High Court ⓘ
typicalParties businesses ⓘ
individuals ⓘ
usesProcedure adversarial system ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

English law → hasCourtSystem → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
courts of the United Kingdom → includesCourt → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: county courts of England and Wales
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → hasAuthorityOver → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County courts in England and Wales
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → hearsAppealsFrom → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court
judiciary of England and Wales → overseesCourt → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire → hasJurisdiction → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court in Nottinghamshire
England and Wales → hasLowerCourt → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
Senior Courts of England and Wales → hearsAppealsFrom → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court of England and Wales
Civil Division → hearsAppealsFrom → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
this entity surface form: county courts of England and Wales
Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales → hasJurisdictionOver → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court in England and Wales
Family Court of England and Wales → hearsCasesAt → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court buildings
Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre → partOf → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court system of England and Wales
County Court judge → worksIn → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court
Recorder → maySitIn → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Recorder (judge)
this entity surface form: County Court
Civil Procedure Rules (for some matters) → appliesInCourt → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
subject surface form: Civil Procedure Rules
this entity surface form: County Court of England and Wales
Salisbury Law Courts → housesCourtType → County courts of England and Wales ⓘ
this entity surface form: County Court