Reid, Andrew Stephen, (born 2 March 1954), Senior Partner, RMPI (formerly Reid Minty) LLP, Solicitors, since 1980; Deputy High Court Costs Judge (formerly Deputy Supreme Court Taxing Master), since 1991; Deputy District Judge: Principal Registry of the Family Division, since 2001; South Eastern Circuit, since 2002; Deputy Adjudicator, HM Land Registry, since 2007

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
High Court ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Division

6. The Structure of the Courts

2019 ◽  
pp. 201-224
Author(s):  
Alisdair A. Gillespie ◽  
Siobhan Weare
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Privy Council ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
High Court ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Division

This chapter discusses the organization of the modern court structure and what each court does. The courts in England and Wales (ie excluding the Supreme Court which is a UK court) are administered by a single agency, HM Courts and Tribunal Service. The courts of original jurisdiction (ie which hear trials of first instance) are ordinarily the magistrates’ court, county court, Crown Court, and High Court although they have now been joined by the Family Court. The Crown Court and High Court have both an original and appellate jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into three divisions (Queen’s Bench Division, Chancery Division, and Family Division) and when two or more judges sit together in the High Court it is known as a Divisional Court. The chapter also briefly describes the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Court of Protection, and Coroner’s Courts.

6. The Structure of the Courts

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisdair Gillespie ◽  
Siobhan Weare
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Privy Council ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
High Court ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Division

This chapter discusses the organization of the modern court structure and what each court does. The courts in England and Wales (i.e. excluding the Supreme Court which is a UK court) are administered by a single agency, HM Courts and Tribunal Service. The courts of original jurisdiction (i.e. which hear trials of first instance) are ordinarily the magistrates’ court, county court, Crown Court, and High Court although they have now been joined by the Family Court. The Crown Court and High Court have both an original and appellate jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into three divisions (Queen’s Bench Division, Chancery Division, and Family Division) and when two or more judges sit together in the High Court it is known as a Divisional Court. The chapter also briefly describes the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Court of Protection, and Coroners’ Courts.

6. The Structure of the Courts

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-224
Author(s):  
Alisdair A. Gillespie ◽  
Siobhan Weare
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Privy Council ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
High Court ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Division

This chapter discusses the organization of the modern court structure and what each court does. The courts in England and Wales (i.e. excluding the Supreme Court which is a UK court) are administered by a single agency, HM Courts and Tribunal Service. The courts of original jurisdiction (i.e. which hear trials of first instance) are ordinarily the magistrates’ court, county court, Crown Court, and High Court although they have now been joined by the Family Court. The Crown Court and High Court have both an original and appellate jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into three divisions (Queen’s Bench Division, Chancery Division, and Family Division) and when two or more judges sit together in the High Court it is known as a Divisional Court. The chapter also briefly describes the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Court of Protection, and Coroner’s Courts.

Divided justice, different voices: inheritance and family provision

Legal Studies ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 566-586
Author(s):  
Fiona Cownie ◽  
Anthony Bradney
Keyword(s):  
High Court ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Division ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Elementary Form ◽  
Discernible Difference ◽  
The Way

Both the Family Division of the High Court and the Chancery Division of the High Court exercise jurisdiction over the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975, with the applicant being able to elect the Division that they wish to proceed in. Many practitioners believe that the two Divisions have different attitudes towards the Act. This paper argues the structure of the 1975 Act makes it highly likely that the two Divisions will approach in different ways and that a close analysis of judgments shows that there is a discernible difference in the rhetoric that is used in judgments in the two Divisions, that this difference in rhetoric affects the way in which applicants are viewed and that thus sometimes it affects the outcome of cases. Since there is no advantage in practice to having the two jurisdictions and since the difference between the jurisprudences in the two Divisions can result in like cases not being treated alike, an elementary form of injustice. The paper concludes that it would be better if one Division exercised sole jurisdiction over the Act.

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