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• Jury Cases - What are they?
• New Cases Statistics
• Statistics
• Areas of Law
• Court Codes

Jury Cases - What are they?

Until cases are noted up, we classify them as 'Jury' cases. Many more cases are published than we will be able, or we would want, to note up. In fact, most searches take place on the case name only, and Jury cases therefore have a clear and proper place within our system.

All new cases start as Jury cases, but we try now to make sure that all additions are reclassified within a few days. If they do appear as jury cases, it will not be for long.

We are reducing the number. We have a long way to go. One thing we are doing is to transfer cases into the area of law, without analysing the case fully. To some extent, we will then rely upon readers to identify which cases have some significance, by asking for the case to be further upgraded.

The table below shows the number of 'Jury' cases in the system and how they have been reduced in number. The number does go up and down as some external sites suddenly add large numbers of cases. It is a long, and sometimes excuciating job.

When we first started, the number of Jury cases was over 20,000.

New Cases

[If what you wanted to find was the most recent case law, see recent cases.]

This section sets out some critical measures of the number of elements in the database. It is designed to show how well we are keeping on top of the task before us.

Please note that since much of the work involves bringing back together cases which have been listed more than once, these figures can, as they say, go down as well as up. Our original, and now ancient, design produced one case entry for each link to a resource. A case available in two places, would show as two cases. Now each case should bring together the several links from where further information might be found, and there should be only one entry. When several such separate listings are rationalised, the numbers of cases listed appears to decrease. The results can sometimes look depressing from my point of view, but I know how much work they represent, and that each 'tightening up' of the data improves the service overall. Once done, it does not have to be re-done.

Date	Case Listings	Summaries	Links/Refs	Lip Cases	Citations	Case allocations	Statute References	Comment
03 February 2012	304506	68424	936024	64	60993	340784	35884
01 February 2012	304468	68399	935928	64	60979	340733	35866
31 January 2012	304458	68398	935908	64	60979	340721	35866
30 January 2012	304435	68386	935845	64	60969	340693	35863
28 January 2012	304435	68386	935845	64	60969	340693	35863
26 January 2012	304434	68364	935836	64	60957	340679	35861
24 January 2012	304591	68309	936118	64	60933	340817	35847
22 January 2012	304574	68249	936062	64	60854	340785	35832
20 January 2012	304602	68209	936089	64	60813	340796	35819
10 January 2012	304849	68113	936427	64	60707	341003	35738
31 December 2011	305053	68039	936783	64	60625	341183	35709
30 November 2011	304565	67609	935379	64	60229	340225	35461
31 October 2011	304018	67271	933785	64	59890	339520	35193
30 September 2011	301687	66718	928174	64	59388	336747	34805
31 August 2011	300433	66247	924659	64	59205	335283	34386
31 July 2011	299443	65685	921950	64	58565	334002	34143
30 June 2011	298350	65141	919111	64	58123	332658	33783
31 May 2011	297277	64716	916070	64	57543	331355	33378
30 April 2011	290649	64211	902330	64	57215	323337	33061
31 March 2011	288698	63799	895927	64	56912	320770	32779
28 February 2011	287179	63130	891507	64	56284	318891	32318
31 January 2011	285503	62886	886669	64	55889	316962	32037
31 December 2010	284908	62763	885088	64	55729	316269	31759
30 November 2010	283945	62567	882235	65	55592	315216	31483
31 October 2010	282801	62390	879536	65	55404	313967	31240
30 September 2010	282029	62050	877576	65	55150	313049	30950
31 August 2010	278876	61716	870439	65	54956	309775	30735
31 July 2010	278632	61492	869521	65	54521	309376	30602
30 June 2010	277482	61164	866175	65	53978	308012	30244
31 May 2010	273760	60720	857234	65	52982	304036	29699
30 April 2010	267106	60093	831589	65	52114	297026	29382
31 March 2010	264953	59812	823427	65	51710	294706	29072
28 February 2010	260197	59516	805902	65	50948	289414	28821
31 January 2010	254810	59268	785142	65	50582	283896	28578
31 December 2009	247389	59069	756021	65	50337	276361	28320
30 September 2009	233840	57983	704680	65	48713	262266	27178
30 June 2009	206162	57095	596293	65	47155	233917	26460
31 March 2009	187003	56374	523398	66	46229	214135	25499
31 December 2008	138480	55243	320402	66	44708	164827	24572
30 September 2008	136041	53981	308840	66	42546	161396	23185
30 June 2008	130358	49279	295220	66	40993	154785	22328
31 March 2008	126680	47517	290292	66	39088	149644	21341
31 December 2007	123859	46963	284816	66	38218	146398	20775
30 September 2007	121402	46275	274318	66	37282	143464	20031
30 June 2007	116926	42133	264960	67	36409	138634	19624
31 March 2007	114672	41331	262507	69	35296	135853	19113
31 December 2006	111830	40547	256444	69	34088	132528	18492
30 September 2006	109481	39888	249999	69	33164	129765	17935
30 June 2006	107929	38972	245309	69	31869	127586	17032
31 March 2006	105429	37314	239429	69	29528	123556	16351
31 December 2005	103235	36221	234153	67	27769	120607	15750
30 September 2005	96721	34175	218900	67	25465	112579	14794
30 June 2005	94545	33090	214381	67	24044	109855	14519
31 March 2005	90869	30938	204585	66	22080	105327	14161
31 December 2004	88080	29387	198585	65	19356	101748	13667
30 September 2004	82650	27984	152233	65	17004	95432	13102
30 June 2004	66992	26357	107295	65	14520	79086	10370
31 March 2004	64154	24752	100301	62	12281	75286	9937
31 December 2003	60171	22903	91445	62	9253	70058	9287
30 September 2003	57376	21371	82827	62	6823	65740	8636
30 June 2003	55875	20018	76868	62	4805	63316	8175
31 March 2003	53549	18731	69015	61	2742	59640	7653
31 December 2002	52670	18152	57917	60	2084	58301	7407
30 September 2002	51871	17054	56411	42	1747	57075	7133	The big increase in the total no of cases represents the addition of material from the Trade Marks Registry
30 June 2002	49323	14874	53526	2	1231	54160	6861	We have just added 1500 decisions from the European Court, Court of First Instance. The changes also show continuing work tightening up the data.
31 March 2002	45015	13886	48560		905	48735	6585
31 December 2001	44830	13651	47633		582	47994	6272

• The 'Cases' count shows the number of separate case listings. This exaggerates the figure of separate cases, since there remain, and always will, cases which are listed more than once. The original system we used was in a very simple database form. Each reference to a resource required a second listing of that case. After moving to the new system, we have done much to recombine these, but it will be a long task. We put more emphasis on making sure that new material is right. Also new cases are added straight in because we want users to have access to them. It can be difficult to make sure that separate references to the same case are brought together.
• 'Ratios' - this represents the number of case notes or headnotes in the system. For some older cases there may be more than one head note. Getting rid of these duplications is a slow but continuing process.
• 'Links/References'. This is the total of references to outside resources. These include paper based resources, online sites with and without full text decisions.
• 'lip cases' These are the full text decisions made available by us from our own resources, rather than relying upon the texts provided by others. It is a small attempt to 'give something back.' All the cases are freely available with or without subscriptions.
• 'Citations'. The number of cases identified as cited by the case referred to. This element was only introduced in late 2002, and is increasing rapidly, and will become a central feature of the way lawindexpro works..
• 'Area Allocations'. This is the number of cases allocated to particular areas of law. A case allocated to three categories will count, for this figure, three times.
• 'Statute References'. The number of references within the system to identified statutes, statutory instruments, directives, international conventions, or similar.

Statistics

This section details how many of the various kinds of elements are currently in the lawindexPro database.

Please remember that many cases will have references or links on several sites. The more important cases may appear as many as four times, and for the moment there remain many duplicated cases. These figures may, therefore, exaggerate the count of separate cases.

Service	Link/Reference	Count	Last Case	First Case
Cases in the Times	References	12109	01-Aug-8075	08-Jan-1788
Cases in the Gazette	References	4540	24-Jun-2010	25-Mar-1987
Cases in the Independent	References	690	21-Nov-2002	30-Jun-1988
Cases in the Independent Summaries	References	913	26-Feb-1996	15-Feb-1993
Cases on Emplaw	References	1	03-May-2001	03-May-2001
Cases on EAT	Links	0
lawindexpro Cases	Links	64	01-Aug-8075	08-Jan-1788
Cases on House of Lords site	Links	592	10-May-2006	14-Nov-1996
Cases on Privy Council site	Links	846	15-Dec-2005	06-Mar-1914
Cases on Bailii	Links	146653	15-Mar-2020	08-Aug-0201
Cases on Europa site	Links	12536	29-Apr-2010	21-Dec-1954
Cases on Court Service	Links	2	19-May-2009	14-Jan-2009
Cases on Hudoc	Links	0

The following table lists the numbers of cases listed for the courts shown.

Court	Code	Count	Last	First
House of Lords	HL	2675	30-Jul-2009	01-Jan-1677
Privy Council	PC	11291	23-Nov-2011	01-Jan-1690
Court of Appeal - Civil Division	CA	24263	03-Feb-2012	01-Jan-1723
Court of Appeal - Criminal Division	CACD	13388	03-Feb-2012	01-Jan-1965
Chancery Division	ChD	4912	03-Feb-2012	15-Feb-1595
Family Division	FD	952	03-Feb-2012	01-Jan-1955
Queen's Bench Division	QBD	4534	27-Jan-2012	15-Apr-1591
Administrative Court	Admn	9478	27-Jan-2012	01-Jan-1980
Technology and Construction Court	TCC	935	27-Jan-2012	01-Jan-1980
Employment Appeal Tribunal	EAT	19420	31-Jan-2012	01-Jan-1974
European Court of Justice	ECJ	13863	15-Dec-2011	21-Dec-1954
European Court of First Instance	ECFI	4780	15-Dec-2011	21-Dec-1954
European Court of Human Rights	ECHR	16693	19-Jan-2012	14-Nov-1960

The following table lists the number of cases listed for each year. For most cases before 1996, we have references and or head notes only - we have no link to the full text of the decision. There are links to numbers of full text decisions only for the European Court of Justice, the European Court of First Instance and the European Court of Human Rights. A small number are provided also by the Privy Council, and we provide a further number, but these remain only a very small number.

These numbers are important, since we are rapidly increasing the number of cases from earlier years ('Roots Cases'), providing head notes for many. The cases added for earlier years will be those which still have some significance. We think that in any year, the ALL ER and WLR number report each rather less than 400 cases. A recent (2003) figure on the Butterworths web-site showed a total of 20,000 cases in the All ER, and 8,000 case notes in their case notes series. Inevitably a number of the cases reported in any one year become of less significance in later years as the law is superceded. A very rough figure for the number of cases we should index before claiming to have a broad coverage in any one year is 700, with smaller numbers as the years disappear into the past. We still only advertise the index as an index for the period after 1992 only (ie 1993 and onward). We will continue to place emphasis on the most recent case law. As time goes by, we will add cases from the past as they are shown to have continued relevance. Eventually, as the number of earlier cases continues to grow, our claim may be extended back in time. We will still produce only a very small and selective number of earlier cases in full text.

Looking at the table below, the years 1997, 1998 and 1999 stand out as having substantially more cases than either earlier or later years. I can not precisely say why this is, but I think that when it was first decided to make case law available for free, very many more cases were published in this way. Eventually the penny dropped, and the decision was taken (I think) to be slightly more selective in the numbers of cases published. The reduction is primarily in cases on the 'Bailii' site. Then as the years have gone by other resources have become available, which have increased the numbers again.

Year	Cases
1223	1
1293	1
1310	1
1315	1
1324	1
1330	1
1343	2
1344	1
1345	1
1346	1
1352	1
1355	2
1360	1
1364	1
1366	3
1367	1
1368	3
1369	1
1370	2
1372	1
1375	1
1382	1
1409	1
1410	2
1419	1
1429	2
1431	1
1432	2
1440	1
1441	1
1443	3
1458	1
1465	3
1469	2
1472	1
1487	1
1494	4
1498	2
1500	1
1520	2
1522	1
1524	1
1530	1
1544	3
1545	1
1547	1
1551	2
1554	1
1558	56
1559	39
1560	5
1561	3
1563	3
1564	2
1566	1
1568	2
1569	3
1570	5
1571	2
1572	489
1573	2
1575	2
1576	47
1577	32
1578	89
1579	155
1580	2
1581	53
1582	44
1583	36
1584	23
1585	398
1586	2
1587	14
1588	5
1589	10
1590	9
1591	10
1592	8
1593	7
1594	14
1595	17
1596	13
1597	18
1598	55
1599	11
1600	2
1601	3
1602	12
1603	20
1604	12
1605	68
1606	7
1607	5
1608	1
1609	40
1610	11
1611	4
1612	22
1613	3
1614	7
1615	7
1616	5
1617	3
1618	3
1619	5
1620	4
1621	1
1622	2
1623	1
1624	2
1625	33
1626	10
1627	12
1628	14
1629	21
1630	8
1631	24
1632	14
1633	15
1634	22
1635	25
1636	14
1637	14
1638	10
1639	20
1640	6
1641	8
1642	1
1645	2
1646	1
1647	3
1648	3
1649	33
1650	225
1651	285
1653	2274
1654	1
1655	6
1656	5
1657	680
1658	802
1659	204
1660	357
1661	408
1662	322
1663	87
1664	382
1665	160
1666	25
1667	205
1668	34
1669	657
1670	62
1671	43
1672	30
1673	176
1674	126
1675	1873
1676	623
1677	108
1678	90
1679	81
1680	272
1681	207
1682	511
1683	87
1684	85
1685	4134
1686	318
1687	1005
1688	1280
1689	355
1690	98
1691	79
1692	62
1693	40
1694	30
1695	33
1696	36
1697	35
1698	46
1699	42
1700	91
1701	64
1702	131
1703	68
1704	62
1705	73
1706	68
1707	43
1708	73
1709	1
1710	114
1711	71
1712	25
1713	41
1714	771
1715	89
1716	74
1717	71
1718	109
1719	74
1720	58
1721	402
1722	71
1723	67
1724	784
1725	145
1726	973
1727	60
1728	569
1729	385
1730	320
1731	1
1732	514
1733	169
1734	111
1735	63
1736	85
1737	207
1738	1093
1739	104
1740	246
1741	541
1742	153
1743	118
1744	1801
1745	90
1746	806
1747	227
1748	455
1749	181
1750	268
1751	148
1752	170
1753	152
1754	240
1755	163
1756	139
1757	155
1758	246
1759	117
1760	750
1761	79
1762	80
1763	106
1764	97
1765	96
1766	189
1767	97
1768	76
1769	78
1770	74
1771	55
1772	74
1773	43
1774	117
1775	72
1776	75
1777	70
1778	165
1779	160
1780	123
1781	120
1782	120
1783	194
1784	238
1785	196
1786	237
1787	250
1788	289
1789	2660
1790	2548
1791	1541
1792	3232
1793	1627
1794	2360
1795	4244
1796	2545
1797	613
1798	298
1799	925
1800	387
1801	537
1802	433
1803	780
1804	431
1805	399
1806	381
1807	466
1808	451
1809	598
1810	656
1811	668
1812	603
1813	728
1814	761
1815	1190
1816	888
1817	852
1818	835
1819	793
1820	691
1821	669
1822	643
1823	852
1824	1000
1825	888
1826	1327
1827	899
1828	946
1829	873
1830	953
1831	991
1832	934
1833	961
1834	1186
1835	1097
1836	1193
1837	1182
1838	1116
1839	1233
1840	1145
1841	1283
1842	1263
1843	1293
1844	1141
1845	1396
1846	1276
1847	1060
1848	1107
1849	1279
1850	987
1851	1050
1852	1199
1853	1141
1854	1099
1855	985
1856	1078
1857	1065
1858	1328
1859	1171
1860	1379
1861	1137
1862	1247
1863	1138
1864	940
1865	858
1866	265
1867	112
1868	97
1869	169
1870	155
1871	154
1872	160
1873	145
1874	122
1875	110
1876	92
1877	96
1878	93
1879	124
1880	95
1881	95
1882	88
1883	105
1884	92
1885	72
1886	100
1887	90
1888	120
1889	108
1890	74
1891	102
1892	121
1893	114
1894	118
1895	96
1896	113
1897	103
1898	124
1899	120
1900	109
1901	122
1902	101
1903	138
1904	127
1905	147
1906	128
1907	116
1908	135
1909	107
1910	50
1911	124
1912	54
1913	44
1914	78
1915	123
1916	161
1917	143
1918	150
1919	172
1920	159
1921	184
1922	162
1923	144
1924	164
1925	151
1926	150
1927	42
1928	43
1929	165
1930	150
1931	154
1932	39
1933	42
1934	42
1935	134
1936	133
1937	155
1938	47
1939	142
1940	47
1941	40
1942	53
1943	115
1944	103
1945	110
1946	97
1947	153
1948	166
1949	158
1950	109
1951	142
1952	149
1953	122
1954	130
1955	135
1956	132
1957	123
1958	124
1959	128
1960	144
1961	187
1962	173
1963	177
1964	217
1965	204
1966	175
1967	192
1968	226
1969	216
1970	298
1971	322
1972	300
1973	325
1974	318
1975	353
1976	383
1977	415
1978	432
1979	491
1980	508
1981	557
1982	642
1983	577
1984	638
1985	718
1986	665
1987	726
1988	786
1989	704
1990	844
1991	950
1992	1411
1993	2212
1994	2671
1995	2711
1996	4719
1997	8924
1998	9493
1999	9625
2000	7532
2001	9775
2002	10236
2003	9904
2004	9463
2005	9448
2006	9278
2007	8876
2008	9315
2009	8320
2010	9709
2011	10234
2012	231

Measuring Coverage - How many cases should we have?

One issue is how we can measure our coverage. In each year there are, and will have been, many thousands of judgments handed down. Some will be of general interest, some of particular interest to a very small group of specialists, but very many will be of no real surviving or continuing interest. Which case falls into which category is a matter for judgment. The All ER and WLR are generalist resources. Each publish (very approximately) 350 cases per year in the general series. If they coincide by 80 percent (ie there is an 80% chance that a case in the one series will also be reported in the other) then we might suggest that there are about 420 to 450 cases a year properly of general interest to lawyers. I think it reasonable to take that as a measure of the number of judgments which are significant in the year in which they are handed down.

A second factor then comes into play. As years go by, older cases become less relevant. A case might be over-ruled, or a statute is passed which quietly condemns it to the dustbin of legal history. It is difficult to quantify this figure, but the phenomenon is clearly real enough to make it worth not attempting to recreate a 'full' list of earlier cases, and we could not do this in any event.

Since June 2003 we have cross referenced the cases cited in a case as we note it up, including those 'Roots Cases', if we can give it at least a reference. Where we can provide a useful head note, we will do so. The result is that quite quickly we are building up a much longer list of case references, and it is one which disappears back in time. The current oldest case referred to is from 1223.

We do not suggest that we yet have proper coverage of older case law. 1993 is the first year for which we might make that claim. It must be noted also that full text judgments are generally unavailable for cases after 1860 and before late 1996. The most important older cases are now also being made available.

When editing cases and checking whether a case cited is already in the index, the ratio of 'already included' to 'not yet included' will rise. It will never reach 100%, but I do hope that if a point comes where, perhaps, less than 30 per cent of cases are added as they are cited, I can argue that we have good coverage.

The table below gives an idea of how we are doing. The second column shows the number of cases we have recorded as having been cited in another case. The third is a count of the number of such citations where the reference was to a new case, a case with a higher index number. The ratio shows the percentage of new case citations which are of cases already in the index. This is a measure, not the best since it badly underestimates the proportion, of how often you can expect to find a case in the index. This figure will increase albeit quite slowly. I may yet also improve the calculation by perhaps taking only cases added within the preceding six months.

	Total Citations	Late/New Additions	Ratio % already in database
03 February 2012	60993	23136	62.07%
01 February 2012	60979	23135	62.06%
31 January 2012	60979	23135	62.06%
30 January 2012	60969	23134	62.06%
28 January 2012	60969	23134	62.06%
26 January 2012	60957	23128	62.06%
24 January 2012	60933	23124	62.05%
22 January 2012	60854	23084	62.07%
20 January 2012	60813	23076	62.05%
10 January 2012	60707	23051	62.03%
31 December 2011	60625	23031	62.01%
30 November 2011	60229	22955	61.89%
31 October 2011	59890	22804	61.92%
30 September 2011	59388	22665	61.84%
31 August 2011	59205	22613	61.81%
31 July 2011	58565	22447	61.67%
30 June 2011	58123	22361	61.53%
31 May 2011	57543	22292	61.26%
30 April 2011	57215	22235	61.14%
31 March 2011	56912	22173	61.04%
28 February 2011	56284	22069	60.79%
31 January 2011	55889	21944	60.74%
31 December 2010	55729	21906	60.69%
30 November 2010	55592	21884	60.63%
31 October 2010	55404	21842	60.58%
30 September 2010	55150	21765	60.53%
31 August 2010	54956	21733	60.45%
31 July 2010	54521	21651	60.29%
30 June 2010	53852	21567	59.95%
31 May 2010	52982	21325	59.75%
30 April 2010	52114	21090	59.53%
31 March 2010	51710	21006	59.38%
28 February 2010	50948	20871	59.03%
31 January 2010	50582	20780	58.92%
31 December 2009	50337	20737	58.80%
30 September 2009	48713	20386	58.15%
30 June 2009	47155	20046	57.49%
31 March 2009	46229	19845	57.07%
31 December 2008	44708	19495	56.39%
30 September 2008	42546	19007	55.33%
30 June 2008	40993	18539	54.78%
31 March 2008	39088	17877	54.26%
31 December 2007	38218	17579	54.00%
30 September 2007	37282	17238	53.76%
30 June 2007	36409	16870	53.67%
31 March 2007	35296	16432	53.45%
31 December 2006	34088	16049	52.92%
30 September 2006	33164	15726	52.58%
30 June 2006	31869	15301	51.99%
31 March 2006	29528	14457	51.04%
31 December 2005	27769	13765	50.43%
30 September 2005	25465	12893	49.37%
30 June 2005	24044	12378	48.52%
31 March 2005	22080	11571	47.60%
31 December 2004	19356	10258	47.00%
30 September 2004	17004	9201	45.89%
30 June 2004	14518	8018	44.77%
31 March 2004	12281	6867	44.08%
31 December 2003	9253	5225	43.53%
30 September 2003	6823	3930	42.40%
30 June 2003	5203	3036	41.65%

30 July 2005. I now have a calculation. Taking the last 5000 citations in the most recent cases, we had 70% of all such citations already in the database.

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Areas of Law

Area of Law		Case Count
Administrative		766
Adoption		189
Agency		285
Agriculture		461
Animals		147
Arbitration		704
Armed Forces		195
Banking		790
Benefits		4943
Capital Gains Tax		157
Charity		181
Child Support		127
Children		2094
Civil Procedure Rules		341
Commercial		716
Commonwealth		9807
Company		1666
Constitutional		544
Construction		756
Consumer		389
Contempt of Court		502
Contract		3664
Coroners		318
Corporation Tax		225
Costs		1858
County Court Rules		85
Crime		15634
Criminal Evidence		378
Criminal Practice		2484
Criminal Sentencing		1551
Customs and Excise		350
Damages		1752
Defamation		939
Discrimination		3190
Ecclesiastical		167
Education		653
Elections		119
Employment		22896
Environment		446
Equity		543
Estoppel		239
European		19474
Evidence		387
Excise		764
Extradition		571
Family		1199
Financial Services		476
Health		744
Health and Safety		329
Health Professions		1262
Housing		1357
Human Rights		18493
Immigration		4349
Income Tax		808
Information		2011
Inheritance Tax		78
Insolvency		1514
Insurance		963
Intellectual Property		9855
International		447
Judicial Review		458
Jurisdiction		580
Jury		131665
Land		3582
Landlord and Tenant		8541
Legal Aid		275
Legal Professions		1311
Licensing		363
Limitation		774
Litigation Practice		4205
Local Government		1035
Magistrates		560
Media		678
Natural Justice		171
Negligence		957
Northern Ireland		7036
Nuisance		356
Personal Injury		1759
Planning		1790
Police		898
Prisons		696
Professional Negligence		1000
Rating		278
Registered Land		263
Road Traffic		1005
Scotland		12224
Stamp Duty		39
Taxes - Other		1491
Taxes Management		278
Torts - Other		1448
Transport		891
Trusts		722
Undue Influence		136
Utilities		203
VAT		3668
Vicarious Liability		170
Wills and Probate		888
		Last Update: 03 February 2012

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Court Codes

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Code	Court Name	Description
AdCt	Admiralty Court	A subdivision of the Queen's Bench Division, specialising in Shipping law. - See now Commercial and Admiralty Court.
Admn	Administrative Court (was Crown Office List)	Part of the Queen's Bench Division. Deals with many applications for judicial review.
Assz	Assizes	Former criminal courts
BC	Bankruptcy Court
CA	Court of Appeal	The top division of the High Court. This court usually hears civil cases.
CACD	Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
CANI	Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
Carc	Court of Arches
CAT	Competition Appeal Tribunal
CC	County Court, Chancery Court
CCA	Court of Criminal Appeal	See now the CACD
CCC	Central Criminal Court	The Old Bailey. A Crown Court.
CCCR	Court of Crown Cases Reserved
CCF	County Court - Family
CCNI	Crown Court of Northern Ireland
CCP	Court of Common Pleas	Now defunct. An ancient court, folowed (more or less) by the Chancery Division.
CEC	Court of Exchequer Chamber
ChD	Chancery Division
ChNI	Chancery Division - Northern Ireland
CMAC	Courts Martial Appeal Court	Armed Forces Criminal Court of Appeal
CmpC	Companies Court
COL	Crown Office List (Now Administrative Court)
ComC	Commercial Court (Queen's Bench Division)	Includes now the Admiralty Court
ConC	Consistory Court	Ecclesiastical law
CPro	Court of Protection
Crwn	Crown Court (Any area)
CST	Care Standards Tribunal
Cust	Customs (Customs and Duties Tribunal)
DC	Divisional Court (Division unspecified)
DCC	Diocesan Consistory Court
DPT	Data Protection Tribunal
DR	Designs Right Registry
EAT	Employment Appeal Tribunal
ECFI	European Court, Court of First Instance
ECHR	European Court of Human Rights
ECJ	European Court of Justice
ECMM	European Commission
EPC	European Patents Court
EPOBA	European Patents Office - Board of Appeal
ET	Industrial Tribunal, Employment Tribunal
ETMR	European Trade Marks Registry
Exc	Court of Exchequer
ExcC	Exchequer Court
ExP	Exchequer of Pleas
FD	Family Division
FDCS	First Division, Court of Session
FdNI	Family Division - Northern Ireland
FENI	Fair Employment Tribunal Northern Ireland
FSMT	Financial Services and Markets Tribunal
FTHESC	First-tier Tribunal - Health Education Social Care
FTTGRC	First Tier Tribunal - General Regulatory Chamber
FTTTx	First-tier Tribunal - Tax
HCJ	High Court of Justiciary (Scots Criminal Appeals)
HL	House of Lords
IAT	Immigration Appeals Tribunal
ICCC	Irish Court of Crown Cases Reserved
ICJ	International Court of Justice
ICSID	Inter Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
ICT	International Criminal Tribunal
IHCS	Inner House Court of Session
IoC	Visitors of the Inns of Court
IT	Information Tribunal/Nat Security Appeals Panel
KBD	King's Bench Division
LCJ	Lord Chief Justice's Court
LndF	Landfill Tax (VAT and Duties Tribunal)
LRA	Land Registry Adjudicator
LT	Lands Tribunal
LVT	Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
MCLC	Mayor and City of London County Court
Merc	Mercantile Court
NDRS	Nominet UK Dispute Resolution Service
NICC	Crown Court for Northern Ireland
NIHC	High Court Northern Ireland
NIHCM	N Ireland - High Court Master
NIIT	Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal
NIRC	National Industrial Relations Court
None	No court applicable or known
OHCS	Outer House Court of Session
OHIM	Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market
OR	Official Referee's Court (see now TCC)
PatC	Patents Court
PC	Privy Council
PCC	Patents County Court
PO	Patents Office
QBD	Queen's Bench Division
QBNI	Queen's Bench Division - Northern Ireland
RPC	Restrictive Trade Practices Court
SC	Supreme Court (Practice directions Crown Courts)
SCCO	Supreme Court Costs Office
ScHC	High Court of Scotland - See HCJ
SCIT	Special Commissioners of Income Tax
SCJ	Supreme Court of Justice (PDs all civil courts)
SCS	Scottish Court of Session (Inner or Outer)
ScSf	Scottish Sheriff Court
SDCS	Second Division, Court of Session (IHCS) not used
SIAC	Special Immigration Appeal Tribunal
SSAT	Social Security Appeals Tribunal
SSC	Social Security Commissioner
SSCS	Social Security and Child Support Commissioner
TCC	Technology and Construction Court (was OR)
TMR	Trade Marks Registry
UKSC	Supreme Court
UTLC	Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)	Formerly the Lands Tribunal (June 2009)
VCCS	Vacation Court, Court of Session
VDT	VAT and Duties Tribunal
		Last Update: 03 February 2012

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