SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Distribution of Business in High Court
Chancery Division
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To the Chancery Division are assigned all causes and matters relating to—
a
the sale, exchange or partition of land, or the raising of charges on land;
b
the redemption or foreclosure of mortgages;
c
the execution of trusts;
d
the administration of the estates of deceased persons;
e
bankruptcy;
f
the dissolution of partnerships or the taking of partnership or other accounts;
g
the rectification, setting aside or cancellation of deeds or other instruments in writing;
h
probate business, other than non-contentious or common form business;
j
the appointment of a guardian of a minor’s estate,
and all causes and matters involving the exercise of the High Court’s jurisdiction under the enactments relating to companies.
Queen’s Bench Division
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To the Queen’s Bench Division are assigned—
a
applications for writs of habeus corpus, except applications made by a parent or guardian of a minor for such a writ concerning the custody of the minor;
b
applications for judicial review;
c
all causes and matters involving the exercise of the High Court’s Admiralty jurisdiction or its jurisdiction as a prize court; and
d
all causes and matters entered in the commercial list.
Family Division
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To the Family Division are assigned—
a
all matrimonial causes and matters (whether at first instance or on appeal);
b
all causes and matters (whether at first instance or on appeal) relating to—
i
legitimacy;
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the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court with respect to minors, the maintenance of minors and any proceedings under the Children Act 1989, except proceedings solely for the appointment of a guardian of a minor’s estate;
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iv
non-contentious or common form probate business;
c
d
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applications under Part III of the Family Law Act 1986.
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proceedings under the Children Act 1989
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all proceedings under:—
i
the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976;
ii
the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985
iii
the Family Law Act 1986;
iv
section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and
g
all proceedings for the purpose of enforcing an order made in any proceedings of a type described in this paragraph.
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all proceedings under the Child Support Act 1991.