The Business and Property Courts
What we do
We decide specialist business and other civil international dispute resolution and business cases in England and Wales, whether domestic or international.
We cover disputes that are dealt with by:
- The Commercial Court (e.g. shipping, sale of goods, insurance and reinsurance )
- The Business List
- The Admiralty Court
- The Circuit Commercial Court (previously the Mercantile Court)
- The Technology and Construction Court
- The Financial List(e.g. banking and financial markets)
- The Insolvency List
- The Companies List
- The Competition List
- The Intellectual Property List (Including the Patents Court and Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court)
- The Property, Trusts and Probate List (cases in Chancery)
- The Revenue List
Who we are
We cover the work of the specialist courts within the Rolls Building in London and at the civil and family courts in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff (The Business and Property Court for Wales), Bristol, Liverpool and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
We bring together the work of the Chancery Division and specialist courts of the King’s Bench Division of the High Court.
Cases issued in the Business and Property Courts are issued through one of the a lists or courts indicated above.
Court information
Contact The Business and Property Courts
Rolls Building
Fetter Lane
London
EC4A 1NL
United Kingdom
Opening hours and facilities:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/rolls-building-business-and-property-courts-of-england-wales
Birmingham Business and Property Court
33 Bull Street
Birmingham
B4 6DS
United Kingdom
Switchboard
0121 681 3181
Court opening hours, facilities and directions:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/birmingham-civil-and-family-justice-centre
News and judicial information:
https://www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/high-court/courts-of-the-chancery-division/the-business-and-property-courts-in-birmingham/
Bristol Business and Property Court
Bristol
BS1 6GR
United Kingdom
General enquiries
0117 366 4860
Opening hours and facilities:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/bristol-civil-and-family-justice-centre
Leeds Combined Court Centre
Opening hours and facilities:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/leeds-combined-court-centre
Liverpool Civil and Family Courts
Opening hours and facilities:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/liverpool-civil-and-family-court
Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Opening hours and facilities:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/manchester-civil-justice-centre-civil-and-family-courts
Newcastle Civil and Family Courts and Tribunals Centre
Opening hours and facilities:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/newcastle-civil-family-courts-and-tribunals-centre
Wales Business and Property Court
Cardiff
CF10 1ET
United Kingdom
General enquiries
029 2037 6410
Opening hours and facilities:
https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/cardiff-civil-and-family-justice-centre