今天高頓網(wǎng)校小編為大家?guī)鞟CCA考試F4考試考點精講之The High Court:
(a) Divided into 3 divisions:
– Queens Bench Division
– Family Division
– Chancery Division
(b) Personnel – High Court Judges (Puisne judges):
– QBD – Lord Chief Justice = chief judge
– Family Division – President = chief judge
– Chancery Division – Nominally Lord Chancellor – in practice
Vice?Chancellor
(c) Queens Bench Division jurisdiction:
– Contract, Tort and other general civil matters without limit as to value (usually above ￡15,000) includes specialist courts such as the Commercial and Admiralty Courts.
– The making of prerogative writs and orders
The Divisional Court of the QBD hears appeals on points of law from the Magistrates and Crown Courts.
(d) Family Division jurisdiction:
– Defended divorces and matters under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976
– Matters relating to Childrens Act 1989 and Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
– Appeals in regard to family matters from the County Court
(e) Chancery Division jurisdiction:
– Trusts
– Tax
– Company Law
– Probate
– Insolvency
– Companies Court and Patents Court are part of the Chancery division