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How the civil courts of England and Wales are structured

From the County Court to the Supreme Court, a guide to the hierarchy that decides civil disputes and how a case moves up it on appeal.

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How civil claims are allocated: small claims, fast, intermediate and multi-track

Since October 2023 there have been four tracks, not three - how the value and complexity of a civil claim decides which procedural path it takes through the courts.

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What is judicial review, explained

Not an appeal against a decision, but a challenge to how it was made - how judicial review holds public bodies to the limits of their own powers.

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Litigation funders await clarity as market reform nears

The sector is bracing for the Civil Justice Council's recommendations on third-party funding, two years after the Supreme Court's PACCAR ruling upended standard agreements.

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