Civil Process

The Civil Courts

• Supreme Court - Almost excusively appellate business (Civil Cases)
• Court of Appeal - Master of the Rolls (civil cases) + Lord Justices of Appeal - appelate jurisdiction
• High Court - Lord Chief Justice (Queen's Bench), Vice-Chancellor (Chancery) and President (Family + High Court Judges
• County Court - Circuit judges and district judges - Civil trials of lesser value contract + tort claims - also undefended divorces
• Magistrates Court - Lay magistrates + district judges - Principal civil jurisdiction, Minor family matters, licensing

High Court - Jurisdiction

• Queens Bench - Large value contract + tort claims - judicial review
• Chancery - Land, trusts, commercial - taxation + land registration appeals
• Family - Matrimonial, family - appeals in family matters from magistrates

3 Track System

• Small claims Track - £5000 or less/£1000 or…