Senior Courts Act 1981

Queen’s Bench Division E+W

2 E+W To the Queen’s Bench Division are assigned—

[F1 (a) applications for writs of habeas corpus, except applications for a writ of habeas corpus for release relating to a minor;]

(b) applications for judicial review;

F2 (ba) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3 (bb) all financial restrictions proceedings within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (see section 65 of that Act);]

F4 (bc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5 (bd) all TPIM proceedings (within the meaning of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011);]

[F6 (be) all TEO proceedings (within the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (proceedings relating to temporary exclusion orders));]

[F7 (bf) all proceedings—

(i) on an application under section 38 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (court review of decisions), or

(ii) on a claim arising from any matter to which such an application relates;]

[F8 (bg) all relevant proceedings within the meaning of Part 2 of the National Security Act 2023 (prevention and investigation measures) (see section 62(1) of that Act);]

(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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 2(a) substituted (6.4.2015) by The High Court (Distribution of Business) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3257), arts. 1, 4(a)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 2(ba) omitted (15.12.2011) by virtue of Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23), s. 31(2), Sch. 7 para. 1(a) (with Sch. 8)

F3 Sch. 1 para. 2(bb) inserted (27.11.2008) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), ss. 71, 100

F4 Sch. 1 para. 2(bc) repealed (31.12.2020) by Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13), s. 64(2), Sch. 3 para. 9 (with ss. 52(3), 53, 58); S.I. 2020/1535, reg. 3(e)

F5 Sch. 1 para. 2(bd) inserted (15.12.2011) by Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23), s. 31(2), Sch. 7 para. 1(b) (with Sch. 8)

F6 Sch. 1 para. 2(be) inserted (12.2.2015) by Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), ss. 15(1), 52(5)

F7 Sch. 1 para. 2(bf) inserted (22.11.2018) by Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13), s. 64(2), Sch. 3 para. 2 (with ss. 52(3), 53, 58); S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(f)

F8 Sch. 1 para. 2(bg) inserted (20.12.2023) by The National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1386), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 5