Law of England and Wales

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Courts of England and Wales English law is a formal term of art that describes the law for the time being in force in England and Wales. ... Image File history File links UK_Royal_Coat_of_Arms. ... Schematic of court system for England and Wales The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system—England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. ...

Civil courts

Privy Council

House of Lords

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

Court of Appeal

Master of the Rolls

Lord Justice of Appeal

High Court of Justice

Chancellor of the High Court

President of the Queen's Bench

President of the Family Division

High Court Judge

County Courts

District Judge

Criminal courts The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ... Her Majestys Court of Appeal is the second most senior court in the English legal system (with only the judges of the House of Lords above it). ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice second. ... The Lords Justices of Appeal (Judges of the Court of Appeal) of England and Wales: The Rt Hon. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (usually known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of England and Wales: see Courts of England and Wales. ... The Chancellor of the High Court is the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. ... Sir Mark Howard ... Judges of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales in order of appointment: Sir Stuart Neil McKinnon Sir Robert Lionel Johnson Sir Michael Morland Sir Roger John Buckley Dame Joyanne Winifred Bracewell DBE Sir Peter John Cresswell Sir John Edmund Frederic Lindsay Sir Richard Herbert Curtis Sir Anthony... The County Court is the workhorse of the civil justice system in England and Wales. ... A federal judge is a judge appointed in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. ...

House of Lords

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Court of Appeal

Lord Chief Justice

Lord Justice of Appeal

High Court of Justice

President of the Queen's Bench

High Court Judge

Crown Court

Circuit Judge

Recorder

Magistrates' Court

District Judge

Justice of the Peace

Criminal justice The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ... Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are Life peers entrusted since the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 with carrying out the judicial functions of the House of Lords. ... Her Majestys Court of Appeal is the second most senior court in the English legal system (with only the judges of the House of Lords above it). ... The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, and the presiding judge of Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, and of the Queens Bench Division of the High Court. ... The Lords Justices of Appeal (Judges of the Court of Appeal) of England and Wales: The Rt Hon. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (usually known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of England and Wales: see Courts of England and Wales. ... Judges of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales in order of appointment: Sir Stuart Neil McKinnon Sir Robert Lionel Johnson Sir Michael Morland Sir Roger John Buckley Dame Joyanne Winifred Bracewell DBE Sir Peter John Cresswell Sir John Edmund Frederic Lindsay Sir Richard Herbert Curtis Sir Anthony... Crown Court and County Court in Oxford. ... A Circuit judge is a position in British Law, in which a Judge moves to different Crown Courts within a certain area. ... Various recorders The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. ... Bedford Magistrates Court A Magistrates Court or court of petty sessions, formerly known as a police court, is the lowest level of court in England and Wales and many other common law jurisdictions. ... A federal judge is a judge appointed in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. ... A Justice of the Peace (JP) is an inferior magistrate appointed by means of a commission of the peace (mandate) to keep the peace. ...

Attorney General

Director of Public Prosecutions

Crown Prosecution Service

Barristers and solicitors Her Majestys Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales. ... The Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world. ... The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. ...

Bar Council

Barrister

Law Society of England and Wales

Solicitor

Solicitor Advocate