Explanatory note

This Order further amends the Civil Courts Order 1983 by:

(a)

transferring the district registry of the High Court at Whitehaven to Workington on the closure of the county court at Whitehaven;

(b)

establishing a county court at Colwyn Bay under the name of the Conwy and Colwyn County Court.

(c)

closing the county courts at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Bridgnorth, Conwy, Hinckley, Leominster, Stamford, Tonbridge and Whitehaven.

(d)

designating the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge County Court as a divorce court and court of trial;

(e)

appointing the Workington County Court to have Admiralty jurisdiction;

(f)

transferring the assignment of the districts of the Carlisle County Court and the Penrith County Court to the Workington County Court for Admiralty purposes; and

(g)

transferring for bankruptcy and winding-up of companies purposes the attachment of the district of the Ludlow County Court to the Hereford County Court and the district of the Woolwich County Court to the Croydon County Court.