Chancery Division

Chancery Division of the High Court - GOV.UK | The most common types of case we handle include: disputes relating to business, property or land disputes over trusts competition claims under either European or UK competition law commercial disputes (domestic and international) intellectual property issues disputes over the validity of a will (‘probate disputes’) We also hear appeals about: decisions of masters insolvency decisions made by High Court registrars or the County Court most decisions of the County Court decisions of certain tribunals We also handle a wide range of other issues which include: claims relating to partnerships (eg dissolution) cancelling, setting aside or correcting (‘rectifying’) errors in deeds and other legal instruments breaches of trust or contract professional negligence We contain a number of specialist courts with their own individual areas of work: the Insolvency List the Companies List the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court the Patents Court Who we are We are part of the Business and Property Courts of the High Court of Justice. We are based at the Rolls Building in London and also at district registries across England and Wales. Hearings at the Rolls Building are heard by one of 19 High Court judges while other issues (eg case management, listing and most applications) are handled by one of 6 masters. Outside London, hearings are heard by either a chancery judge or circuit judge while the work of masters is handled by district judges. Court information forms and further guidance Civil Procedure Rules daily lists RCJ and Rolls Building daily court lists case references used by the Royal Courts of Justice and Rolls Building group litigation orders previous decisions