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                               The High Court
The High Court is a hotch-potch.
    It is a composite description embracing three separate kinds of courts -
called divisions - each with separate functions  (though  they  occasionally
overlap).
    The 81 High Court judges are distributed between  the  three  divisions,
which have their home in London's Royal  Courts  of  Justice,  an  eccentric
Victorian Gothic building on the Strand, with  outposts  in  some  25  large
provincial towns and cities.
The biggest of the divisions, with the widest jurisdiction, is  the  Queen's
Bench (King's Bench).
    Its most important function is as the  main  civil  court  for  disputes
involving more than 5,000 pounds.
    Claims for money owing, and actions for damages arising from  motor  and
work accidents are the High Court's main folder.
    It also deals with suits, for libel.
    The division also includes a  Commercial  Court,  which  specializes  in
large commercial disputes, and an Admiralty Court for shipping cases.
    The court can also quash decisions of  Magistrates'  Courts  where  they
exceed their powers or there are irregularities in the proceedings.
    It also takes appeals from lower courts,  but  only  on  issues  raising
points of law.
    The court does not hear witnesses or deal with cases  which  raise  only
factual points.
    The Family Division deals with divorce; disputes between warring spouses
involving  children,  property  or  money;  adoption,  wardship,  and  other
questions affecting children.
    The  Chancery  Division  deals  with  tax,  interpretation   of   wills,
companies, settlements, trusts, and various other issues  affecting  finance
and property.

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