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We hear cases where a child who is the subject of legal proceedings must be protected and this protection is not possible under the Children Act 1989. This is called our ‘inherent jurisdiction’. The most common type of case is...
The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Bankruptcy Court. We handle petitions to bankrupt individuals living in London where a creditor has made the petition and is owed £50,000 or more. If the petition is less than...
How to use the Commercial Court to solve a large, complex or international business dispute.
How to take someone to court over a construction, building, engineering or another technically complex dispute.
A unitary patent will protect your invention in up to 25 EU countries and will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court.
The most common types of case we handle include: disputes relating to business, property or land disputes over trusts competition claims under either European or UK competition law commercial disputes (domestic and international) intellectual property issues disputes over the validity...
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) .
An explanation of the people who may be present in a Crown Court hearing.
How to hire a court in the UK for filming, events and wedding receptions.
The Bulgarian Court System
Ask a court bailiff to hand-deliver papers to the respondent in family proceedings for you.
Guidance on broadcasting sentencing hearings by the media and the Crown court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020.
Restrictions on items you can take into a court or tribunal building; going through security
Form Crown Court preliminary hearing form (multiple-defendants): Crown Court preliminary hearing form: multiple defendants (Section 28).
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Get help if you're a victim or witness who needs to give evidence in court. Find out how to review your statement, protection you can get in court and how to claim expenses.
Know which court or tribunal to appeal to if you lose your case
The data presented in this series of bulletins are the face to face language services provided to HM Courts & Tribunals Services and National Offender Management Service (NOMS), covering requests for services made and completed.
Her Majesty’s Courts Service was an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice and was responsible for the administration of the civil, family and criminal courts in England and Wales. It was merged with the Tribunal Service in 2011 to...
Timetable when cloud video platform (CVP) is scheduled to be available at Crown Courts.
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