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The Senior Courts of England and Wales were originally created by the Judicature Acts as the "Supreme Court of Judicature". It was renamed the "Supreme Court of England and Wales" in 1981, [8] and again to the "Senior Courts of England and Wales" by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (to distinguish it from the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom).
Until the late 1980s, the main venue for criminal court hearings in Coventry was the aging County Hall in Cuckoo Street. [1] However, as the number of court cases in Coventry grew, it became necessary to commission a courthouse with dedicated facilities for both Crown Court hearings, which require courtrooms suitable for trial by jury, and for County Court hearings. [2]
When the county court system was created as a result of the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95), there were 491 county courts in England and Wales. Since the Crime and Courts Act 2013 came into force, there has been one County Court in England and Wales, sitting simultaneously in many different locations.
Building known as Swansea Civil Justice Centre since High Court civil cases are also heard here. Swindon: 15 March 1847: South West Also sat in Cirencester for a time after Cirencester CC closed on 1 July 1970, the name remaining Swindon CC. [108] Shares a building with Swindon Crown Court. Tameside (located in Ashton-under-Lyne) 15 March 1847
It was created on 1 April 2011 (as Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service) by the merger of Her Majesty's Courts Service and the Tribunals Service. [2] The agency is responsible for the administration of the courts of England and Wales, the Probate Service and tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and ...
The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (UTfS) is a general appeal tribunal and superior court of record in Scotland. It was created by the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 , which aimed to create a simplified structure for tribunals in Scotland.
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The modern County Court in England and Wales was created by the County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95), which created a jurisdiction for small civil claims intended to be more coherent, and less cumbersome and costly, than the universal jurisdiction of the High Court or the remnants of local courts administering justice in civil matters ...