What do the Business and property courts do?

What The Business and Property Courts does. 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 )

Is the Business and property Court part of the High Court?

The new Business and Property Courts of England and Wales. Currently, in London the specialist jurisdictions of the High Court all operate together in the Rolls Building on Fetter Lane, the preferred court venue for most litigators in the country. …

Are the Business and property courts Part of the Chancery Division?

The Business and Property Courts were launched in July 2017 as a collective of the specialist civil courts, they include the courts of the Chancery Division, as well as the Admiralty Court, Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court from the Queen’s Bench Division.

Is the TCC part of the Business and property courts?

Who we are. We are a specialist group of courts, part of the Business and Property Court of the High Court of Justice. We include both the High Court and the County Court. Our High Court work is handled at the Rolls Building, London and at district registries across England and Wales.

What courts are in the QBD?

We contain a number of specialist courts with their own individual areas of work:

• the Administrative Court.
• the Admiralty Court.
• the Commercial Court.
• the Circuit Commercial Court.
• the Technology and Construction Court.

What does the Court of Chancery do?

Description: In England, the Court of Chancery or equity developed in the 15th century under the jurisdiction of the lord chancellor to provide remedies in cases not covered by the courts of common law. These cases involved civil disputes between parties often about property.

What court is TCC?

Technology and Construction Court
The Technology and Construction Court (commonly abbreviated in practice to the TCC) is a sub-division of the Queen’s Bench Division, part of the High Court of Justice, which together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, is one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

How do you address a recorder?

A recorder sitting in the Crown, County or Family Court is addressed as “Your Honour” (save in the Central Criminal Court (or Old Bailey) where all judges are addressed as “My Lord (or Lady)”).

What does the QBD deal with?

The President of the Queen’s Bench Division (opens in a new tab) heads the QBD, which has both a criminal and civil jurisdiction. Judges who hear civil cases in the Queen’s Bench Division deal with ‘common law’ business – actions relating to contract, except those specifically allocated to the Chancery Division.

What types of cases are heard in Chancery 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 of a will (‘probate disputes’)

What are equitable remedies in law?

Equitable remedies are actions that the court prescribes which will serve to resolve the breach or dispute. Equitable remedies are typically granted when legal remedies or monetary compensation cannot adequately resolve the wrongdoing.

What is a chancellor in court?

In the old English legal system, a chancellor is a judge who sit in a chancery court—an equity court. In equity courts, the chancellor has the power to order acts rather than damages. In the United States, some states created chancery courts to deal only with equitable relief.

What are the business and property courts?

The Business and Property Courts is the new name for England and Wales’ dispute resolution jurisdictions and will act as a single umbrella for business specialist courts across England and Wales. It includes the following specialist Courts and Lists of the High Court:

Which cases are included in the business list?

The Business List (Chancery Division). This includes all the cases that were previously issued in the Chancery Division, including real property cases, pensions cases, financial services cases (outside the Financial List), and regulatory cases.

What are the different types of courts in the UK?

The Commercial Court (Queen’s Bench Division). The Admiralty Court (Queen’s Bench Division). The Circuit Commercial Court (formerly the Mercantile Court) (Queen’s Bench Division). The Technology & Construction Court (Queen’s Bench Division). The Financial List (Queen’s Bench Division / Chancery Division). The Business List (Chancery Division).

What is the digital ‘highway’ to the business and property courts?

A digital “highway” between the Business and Property Courts in London and those in the regions is in development, and electronic issuing of claims, mandatory in the Rolls Building courts in London from April this year, it is said will be made available in the Regions in 2018.