King's Bench Division

King's Bench Division
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Established	1 November 1875
Jurisdiction	England and Wales
Location	Rolls Building, City of London, London
Appeals to	Court of Appeal (civil matters) Supreme Court (criminal matter)
Appeals from	Crown Court Magistrates' courts
President
Currently	Victoria Sharp
Since	23 June 2019
Vice-President
Currently	James Dingemans
Since	5 February 2020
Senior Master and King's Remembrancer
Currently	Jeremy Cook
Since	18 September 2023[1]

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The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts.

It hears appeals on points of law from magistrates' courts^[a] and from the Crown Court.^[b] These are known as appeals by way of case stated, since the questions of law are considered solely on the basis of the facts found and stated by the authority under review.

Specialised courts of the King's Bench Division include the Administrative Court, Technology and Construction Court, Commercial Court, and the Admiralty Court. The specialised judges and procedures of these courts are tailored to their type of business, but they are not essentially different from any other court of the King's Bench Division.

Appeals from the High Court in civil matters are made to the Court of Appeal (Civil Division); in criminal matters appeal from the Divisional Court is made only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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