Paragraph C2C3
C1
[Note: where the entry “London Insolvency District” appears in this table, jurisdiction under F1Part A1 to 7 of the Act is conferred on the High Court as a result of article 6B of the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/724) which was inserted by the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/821).]
| Name of county court hearing centre | Parts of the Insolvency Act under which proceedings may be commenced at a county court hearing centre or the alternative court or county court hearing centre where proceedings may be commenced | Nearest full time court or hearing centre |
|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| Aldershot & Farnham | Guildford | |
| Banbury | Part A1 to 11 | Luton, Gloucester or Reading |
| Barnet | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Barnsley | Part A1 to 11 | Sheffield |
| Barnstaple | Part A1 to 11 | Exeter |
| Barrow-in-Furness | Part A1 to 11 | Blackpool or Preston |
| Basildon | Southend-on-Sea | |
| Basingstoke | Reading | |
| Bath | Part A1 to 11 | Bristol |
| Bedford | Part A1 to 11 | Luton |
| Birkenhead | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Birmingham | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Blackburn | Part A1 to 11 | Preston |
| Blackpool | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Blackwood | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| Bodmin | Truro | |
| Bolton | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Boston | Part A1 to 11 | Nottingham |
| Bournemouth and Poole | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Bow | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Bradford | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Brentford | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Brighton | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Bristol | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Bromley | Croydon | |
| Burnley | Part A1 to 11 | Bolton or Preston |
| Bury | Part A1 to 11 | Bolton |
| Bury St. Edmunds | Part A1 to 11 | Cambridge |
| Caernarfon | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Cambridge | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Canterbury | Part A1 to 11 | Croydon or the High Court (London) |
| Cardiff | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Carlisle | Part A1 to 11 | Preston or Blackpool |
| Carmarthen | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| County Court at Central London | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Chelmsford | Part A1 to 11 | Southend or the High Court (London) |
| Chester | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Chesterfield | Part A1 to 11 | Sheffield |
| Chichester | Brighton | |
| Chippenham and Trowbridge | Bath | |
| Clerkenwell and Shoreditch | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Colchester | Part A1 to 11 | Southend or the High Court (London) |
| Conwy and Colwyn | Caernarfon | |
| Coventry | Part A1 to 11 | Birmingham |
| Crewe | Part A1 to 11 | Stoke or Chester |
| Croydon | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Darlington | Part A1 to 11 | Middlesbrough |
| Dartford | Medway | |
| Derby | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Doncaster | Part A1 to 11 | Sheffield |
| Dudley | Part A1 to 11 | Birmingham |
| Durham | Part A1 to 11 | Newcastle |
| Eastbourne | Part A1 to 11 | Brighton |
| Edmonton | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Exeter | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Gateshead | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Gloucester and Cheltenham | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Great Grimsby | Part A1 to 11 | Hull |
| Guildford | Part A1 to 11 | Croydon |
| Halifax | Part A1 to 11 | Leeds |
| Harrogate | Part A1 to 11 | Leeds |
| Hartlepool | Middlesbrough | |
| Hastings | Part A1 to 11 | Brighton |
| Haverfordwest | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| Hereford | Part A1 to 11 | Gloucester |
| Hertford | Part A1 to 11 | Luton |
| High Wycombe | Aylesbury | |
| Horsham | Brighton | |
| Huddersfield | Part A1 to 11 | Leeds |
| Ipswich | Part A1 to 11 | Norwich or Southend |
| Kendal | Part A1 to 11 | Blackpool or Preston |
| Kettering | Northampton | |
| Kings Lynn | Norwich or Peterborough | |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Lambeth | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Lancaster | Part A1 to 11 | Blackpool or Preston |
| Leeds | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Leicester | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Lewes | Brighton | |
| Lincoln | Part A1 to 11 | Nottingham |
| Liverpool | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Llanelli | Swansea | |
| Llangefni | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Luton | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Maidstone | Part A1 to 11 | Croydon or the High Court (London) |
| Manchester | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Mansfield | Nottingham | |
| Mayor's and City of London | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Medway | Canterbury | Croydon or the High Court (London) |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| Middlesbrough | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Milton Keynes | Part A1 to 11 | Luton |
| Mold | Wrexham | Wrexham |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Newport (Gwent) | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | Part A1 to 11 | Southampton or Portsmouth |
| Northampton | Part A1 to 11 | Luton |
| North Shields | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Norwich | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Nottingham | Part A1 | |
| Nuneaton | ||
| Oldham | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Oxford | Part A1 to 11 | Reading |
| Peterborough | Part A1 to 11 | Cambridge |
| Plymouth | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Pontypridd | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| Portsmouth | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Port Talbot | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Prestatyn | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Preston | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Reading | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Reigate | Guildford | |
| Rhyl | Part A1 to 11 | Birkenhead or Chester |
| Romford | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Salisbury | Part A1 to 11 | Bournemouth or Southampton |
| Scarborough | Part A1 to 11 | York, Hull or Middlesbrough |
| Scunthorpe | Part A1 to 11 | Hull or Sheffield |
| Sheffield | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Skipton | Bradford | |
| Slough | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Southampton | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Southend-on-Sea | Part A1 to 11 | |
| South Shields | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Stafford | Part A1 to 11 | Stoke |
| Staines | Guildford | |
| St Albans | Part A1 to 11 | Luton |
| St Helens | Liverpool | |
| Stockport | Part A1 to 11 | Manchester |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Sunderland | Part A1 to 11 | Newcastle |
| Swansea | Part A1 to 11 | Cardiff |
| Swindon | Part A1 to 11 | Gloucester or Reading |
| Taunton | Part A1 to 11 | Exeter or Bristol |
| Telford | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Thanet | Canterbury | |
| Torquay & Newton Abbot | Part A1 to 11 | Exeter |
| Truro | Part A1 to 11 | Plymouth |
| Tunbridge Wells | Part A1 to 11 | Croydon |
| Uxbridge | The County Court at Central London | |
| Wakefield | Part A1 to 11 | Leeds |
| Walsall | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Wandsworth | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Warwick | Part A1 to 11 | Birmingham |
| Watford | Luton | |
| Welshpool & Newton | Part A1 to 11 | Stoke or Chester |
| West Cumbria | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Weston Super Mare | Bristol | |
| Weymouth | Bournemouth | Bournemouth |
| Wigan | Part A1 to 11 | Bolton, Manchester or Preston |
| Willesden | London Insolvency District - High Court for Part A1 to 7 (see head note); County Court at Central London for Parts 7A to 11 | |
| Winchester | Part A1 to 11 | Southampton |
| Wolverhampton | Part A1 to 11 | |
| Woolwich | Croydon | |
| Worcester | Part A1 to 11 | Gloucester |
| Worthing | Brighton | |
| Wrexham | Part A1 to 11 | Birkenhead, Stoke or Chester |
| Yeovil | Part A1 to 11 | Exeter or Bristol |
| York | Part A1 to 11 |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 6 substituted (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Insolvency (England and Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/1028), rule 1, Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 (with rules 4, 5)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5(1)(d) (with rule 2(2))
- C2
Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 47 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 12)
- C3
Sch. 6 applied (with modifications) (30.9.2021) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(2A), Sch. 1A paras. 1(4)(5), 35, 38 (as inserted by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Administration) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1048), arts. 1(1), 2)