Article 111 Hearing of application
In the High Court, the jurisdiction of the court to hear and determine an application may be exercised by an Insolvency and Companies Court Judge or district judge of the High Court (to whom any application must be made in the first instance) unless—
a direction to the contrary has been given, or
it is not within the judge’s power to make the order required.
Where the application is made to an Insolvency and Companies Court Judge or district judge of the High Court, that judge may refer to a High Court Judge any matter which the Insolvency and Companies Court Judge or district judge of the High Court thinks should properly be decided by a High Court Judge, and the High Court Judge may either dispose of the matter or refer it back to the Insolvency and Companies Court Judge or district judge of the High Court with such directions as the High Court Judge thinks just.
Nothing in this Rule precludes an application being made directly to a High Court Judge in a proper case.