Court and tribunal reference · England & Wales
What applies, where it applies, and what it says.
An operational reference for the people who run the courts of England and Wales. 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.
- Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber Future Hearingsupdated 2026-08-25
- Coroner Vacanciesupdated 2026-08-24
- First-tier Tribunal Judgesupdated 2026-08-24
- Judgment summaries for the Commercial Courtupdated 2026-08-20
- Contact the Civil Justice Councilupdated 2026-08-19
- Senior Judges, under 75, Sitting in Retirementupdated 2026-08-19
- Judges and Registrars of the Land Registration Divisionupdated 2026-08-19
- Latest newsupdated 2026-08-19
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How this site works
Every substantive statement here is a verbatim quotation carrying its source and retrieval date, or a link to the primary source that says it.
Nothing on this site restates the law or the procedure in its own words.