Court and tribunal reference · England & Wales
What applies, where it applies, and what it says.
An operational reference for the people who work in the courts of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Guidance, court guides and practice notes indexed against the venues they apply at and the forms they require — cross-linked, dated, and quoted from the source rather than restated.
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What changed
Court guides and bench books are reissued constantly and there is no official feed of what moved. This is that feed, driven off each document’s own modification date at the source.
- Judiciary pageFamily Justice Councilupdated 2026-10-23
- Judiciary pageUpcoming eventsupdated 2026-10-23
- Judiciary pageLatest newsupdated 2026-10-23
- GuidanceMagistrates’ courts National Listing Guidanceupdated 2026-10-21
- Judiciary pageTribunal Leadership Judgesupdated 2026-10-21
- Judiciary pageDesignated Civil Judgesupdated 2026-10-21
- Judiciary pageJudicial expensesupdated 2026-10-20
- Judiciary pagePractice Direction on Listing and Criminal Remote Participation Guidanceupdated 2026-10-20
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