Senior Courts Act 1981

Queen’s Bench DivisionE+W

2E+WTo 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)all proceedings—

(i)on an appeal under section 26, or an application under section 27, of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (appeals and reviews by the court), or

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

[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;]

(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

F2Sch. 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)

F3Sch. 1 para. 2(bb) inserted (27.11.2008) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), ss. 71, 100

F4Sch. 1 para. 2(bc) inserted (17.12.2010) by Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (c. 38), ss. 28(1), 55(1) (with s. 44)

F6Sch. 1 para. 2(be) inserted (12.2.2015) by Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), ss. 15(1), 52(5)