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We decide specialist business and other civil international dispute resolution and business cases in England and Wales, whether domestic or international. We cover disputes that are dealt with by: The Commercial Court (e.g. shipping, sale of goods, insurance and reinsurance...
Find out what you should bring for a court or tribunal hearing, how you can get support, and what to expect on the day
We carry out judicial reviews of decisions made by planning authorities, and hear other challenges to planning decisions. This includes appeals and applications relating to: planning permission development consent compulsory purchase orders highways and other rights of way decisions under...
Includes going to court, paying fines, appealing a sentence, jury service and tribunals
We handle cases relating to intellectual property disputes, including: registered designs patents registered trade marks copyrights other intellectual property rights If the amount sought (damages) is under £500,000 then the case can also be heard by the Patents Court or...
The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Companies Court. We handle cases relating to the insolvency of companies, including: petitions to wind up a company applications to unfreeze bank accounts or challenge a winding up petition applications...
This bulletin presents National Statistics on activity in the county, family, magistrates’ and Crown courts of England and Wales.
How to take a dispute with another company to the Circuit Commercial Court if you run a small or medium sized business.
The Service Justice System is supported in the UK by two designated Military Court Centres at Bulford (Wiltshire) and Catterick (North Yorkshire).
How to use the Administrative Court, part of the High Court which can hear cases about judicial reviews, statutory appeals and extradition.
We hear appeals from proceedings in the Crown Court. We hear appeals against: convictions in the Crown Court sentences given by the Crown Court (even if the conviction was in a magistrates’ court) confiscation orders imposed by the Crown Court...
Timetable when cloud video platform (CVP) is scheduled to be available at Crown Courts.
How to hire a court in the UK for filming, events and wedding receptions.
The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) is an Agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ) sponsored by the Access to Justice Directorate. NICTS is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) .
The family procedure rules are a single set of rules governing the practice and procedure in family proceedings in the high court, county courts and magistrates' courts.
The Business List contains three separate sub-lists: business financial services regulatory and pensions business. Business We deal with a wide range business disputes, often with an international dimension. Frequently these concern a business structure (company, LLP, LP, partnership etc) including:...
We deal with claims brought under Article 101 and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Competition Act 1988. This includes cases which prevent, restrict or distort competition. It also includes cases dealing...
How to use the Commercial Court to solve a large, complex or international business dispute.
We handle shipping and maritime disputes. Cases that we hear include: collisions between ships disputes over the transport of cargo salvage of a ship, cargo or crew disputes over goods supplied to a ship disputes over mortgages and other security...
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