Supreme Court of Judicature
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▪ British court
in England and Wales, a court that, since 1971, has consisted of the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice, and the Crown Court.
Until the
Judicature Act of 1873 the English court system was cluttered with courts, most of them dating back into medieval periods, with overlapping judicial powers. In 1873 several of these courts were abolished and replaced by a Supreme Court of Judicature consisting of the the Court of Appeal (
Appeal, Court of) and the High Court of Justice, the latter having five divisions—Chancery; Queen's (or King's) Bench; Common Pleas; Exchequer; and Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty. In 1881 refinement of the court system continued with the Queen's Bench Division absorbing Common Pleas and Exchequer. Under the Courts Act of 1971, the court system of England and Wales was further refined, with other specialized courts being abolished and replaced by the
Crown Court in 1972. The Crown Court is an intermediary court that is above the magistrates' courts but below the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal.
The modern Supreme Court of Judicature has the following judicial responsibilities: the
Court of Appeal (
Appeal, Court of) is divided into a Civil Division and a Criminal Division. The
High Court of Justice is made up of three divisions which have both original and appellate jurisdiction: (1) the Chancery Division, presided over by the Chancellor of the High Court (formerly known as the vice-chancellor), and dealing with land sales, estates, etc., (2) the Queen's Bench Division, presided over by the lord chief justice and dealing mainly with contract and tort (the Admiralty Court and the Commercial Court being both part of the Queen's Bench Division), and (3) the Family Division, headed by a president, which deals with adoption, matrimonial proceedings, and other familial matters. The
Crown Court is concerned mostly with criminal cases.
The Supreme Court of Judicature, as a comprehensive body, sits below the House of Lords, which is the final court of appeal.
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