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Court of Chancery, Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, Circa 1808 Author: Thomas Rowlandson and others, Public Domain, Source: Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert In New Business and Property Division ,  3 June 2026, I mentioned the Lady Chief Justice's announcement that a new Business and Property Division would be established early in the next legal year.   In their press release ,  Modernisation of High Court structure comes into effect today ,  the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary announced that the change took  effect yesterday. The Business and Property Courts and Lists page  shows that the new Division takes over the work previously done by the Chancery Division.  It also acquires the Commercial Court and the Technology and Construction Court from the King's Bench Division.   The head of the new Division is to be known as the President (see President of the Business and Property Division ). Practitioners will have to get used to a modified s...

Leeds Courthouse: Home of the Business and Property Courts in Leeds (c) 2005 Jane Lambert, all rights reserved Jane Lambert Just under 9 years ago, I announced the launch of the Business and Property Courts in Launch of a Judicial Superhighway?   in NIPC Northwest and  The Leeds Business and Property Court s in NIPC Yorkshire. The work of the courts in the Queen's Bench and Chancery Divisions, which resolved business disputes was coordinated, but they remained part of the Divisions of the High Court that had been established by The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 . Yesterday, the Lady Chief Justice of England announced the establishment of a new Business and Property Division to replace the Chancery Division early in the next legal year in The Lady Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor modernise the High Court through establishment of the Business and Property Division   and a YouTube video entitled  Lady Chief Justice- Business and Property Division   2 J...

Queen Elizabeth I in the Court of Queen's Bench Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary  have published a new edition of the Queen's Bench Division Guide on 7 Feb 2022.  It is a guide to practice within the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.  It supplements the Civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions  and is intended to make it easier for parties and their legal representatives to use that Division. The Queen's Bench Division is one of three divisions of the High Court of Justice established by s.5 (1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981.  Its work consists mainly of claims for damages for breach of contract and tort and the recovery of debts but it also has a number of specialist courts known respectively as "The Administrative Court", "The Admiralty Court", "The Commercial Court", "The Circuit Commercial Court" and "The Technology and Construction Court."  Although...