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.
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 pageThe Court of Appeal (Civil Division) - Live streaming of court hearingsupdated 2026-10-13
- Judiciary pageList of District Judgesupdated 2026-10-13
- Judiciary pageList of Circuit Judgesupdated 2026-10-13
- Judiciary pageHigh Courtupdated 2026-10-13
- GuidancePractice Direction of the Employment Appeal Tribunal 2026updated 2026-10-12
- Judiciary pageThe Commercial Court’s Judgesupdated 2026-10-12
- GuidancePosition Statement on the Judicial use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)updated 2026-10-09
- Judiciary pageWork of the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamberupdated 2026-10-09
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