King's Bench Division

This article is about the division of the British High Court of Justice. For other uses, see King's Bench.

King's Bench Division
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Established1 November 1875
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
LocationRolls Building, City of London, London
Appeals toCourt of Appeal (civil matters)
Supreme Court (criminal matter)
Appeals fromCrown Court
Magistrates' courts
President
CurrentlyVictoria Sharp
Since23 June 2019
Vice-President
CurrentlyJames Dingemans
Since5 February 2020
Senior Master and King's Remembrancer
CurrentlyJeremy Cook
Since18 September 2023[1]
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The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts.

It hears appeals on points of law from magistrates' courts[a] and from the Crown Court.[b] These are known as appeals by way of case stated, since the questions of law are considered solely on the basis of the facts found and stated by the authority under review.

Specialised courts of the King's Bench Division include the Administrative Court, Technology and Construction Court, Commercial Court, and the Admiralty Court. The specialised judges and procedures of these courts are tailored to their type of business, but they are not essentially different from any other court of the King's Bench Division.

Appeals from the High Court in civil matters are made to the Court of Appeal (Civil Division); in criminal matters appeal from the Divisional Court is made only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ "https://www.judiciary.uk/appointments-and-retirements/senior-master-of-the-kings-bench-division-cook/". Court and Tribunals Judiciary. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)


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