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Her Majesty's Courts of Justice
of England and Wales are the civil and criminal courts responsible
for the administration of justice in England and
Wales; they apply the law
of England and Wales and are established under Acts
of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom.
The United
Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system—England
and Wales have one system, Scotland another,
and Northern
Ireland a third. There are exceptions to this rule;
for example in immigration
law, the Asylum
and Immigration Tribunal's jurisdiction covers the
whole of the United Kingdom, while in employment
law there is a single system of Employment
Tribunals for England, Wales, and Scotland (but not
Northern Ireland).
The Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Crown Court, the
Magistrates' Courts, the County Courts are administered by
Her Majesty's Courts
Service, an executive agency of the
Ministry of Justice. |
