Paragraph 1 C1

England and Wales

To the F1Business and Property Division are assigned all causes and matters relating to—

(a)

the sale, exchange or partition of land, or the raising of charges on land;

(b)

the redemption or foreclosure of mortgages;

(c)

the execution of trusts;

(d)

the administration of the estates of deceased persons;

(e)

bankruptcy;

(f)

the dissolution of partnerships or the taking of partnership or other accounts;

(g)

the rectification, setting aside or cancellation of deeds or other instruments in writing;

(h)

probate business, other than non-contentious or common form business;

C2(i)

patents, trade marks, registered designs F2, copyright or design right;

(j)

the appointment of a guardian of a minor’s estate,

and all causes and matters involving the exercise of the High Court’s jurisdiction under the enactments relating to companies.

Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 and heading substituted (1.10.2026) by The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/723), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 12(4)
F2: Words substituted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 30(1), Sch. 7 para. 28(1)(3)

C1: Sch. 1 para. 1 extended by Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (c. 39, SIF 67A), s. 2(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1(2)(i)
C2: Sch. 1 para. 1(i) amended (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(2); S.I. 1994/2550, art.2

F1: Act: "The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) may be cited as the Senior Courts Act 1981" (1.10.2009) by virtue of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 1(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F2: Act: words substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 26(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)