Agency formerly responsible for Courts administration in England and Wales
Her Majesty's Courts
Executive agency overview
Formed
1 April 2005
Dissolved
1 April 2011
Superseding agency
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
Website
www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmcts/
This article is part of the series: Courts of England and Wales
Law of England and Wales
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Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellor
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President of the Family Division
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County Court
List of County Court venues
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District judge
Family Court
Court of Protection
Court of Chivalry
Criminal courts
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
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Lord Chief Justice
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High Court of Justice
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High Court judge
Crown Court
List of Crown Court venues
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Justice of the peace / lay magistrates
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Attorney General
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Crown Prosecution Service
Legal profession
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Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) was an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and was responsible for the administration of the civil, family and criminal courts in England and Wales.
It was created by the amalgamation of the Magistrates' Courts Service and the Court Service as a result of the Unified Courts Administration Programme. It came into being on 1 April 2005, bringing together the Magistrates' Courts Service and the Courts Service into a single organisation. On 1 April 2011 it merged with the Tribunals Service to form Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (from 8 September 2022 His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service).
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rent arrears. County Court bailiffs remain directly employed by HMCourtsService, carrying out enforcement for the County Court. The current frequency...
various courtservices into what is now HMCourts and Tribunals Service, the Crown Court frequently shares facilities with the County Court and magistrates'...
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Sweet & Maxwell. para 7.011. ISBN 0-421-90690-1. "List of vexatious litigants (England and Wales)". HMCourtsService. Retrieved 3 February 2012. v t e...
and the Football League Limited and their respective member clubs". HMCourtsService. 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved...
unveiled by H.M. The Queen in March 1966. During the 1930s the following sixteen sub-services were brought into the unified Colonial Service: Colonial Administrative...
primarily the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) and Magistrates' Courts in South East London as well as Crown and Magistrates' Courts in South West Essex. Accommodation...
and the Football League Limited and their respective member clubs". HMCourtsService. 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved...
section 42 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 on the application of HM Attorney-General). His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service maintains a list of vexatious...
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move the magistrates' court to a new purpose-built building nearby. The project was subsequently abandoned after HMCourtsService had its budget cut and...
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military courts of the United Kingdom are governed by the Armed Forces Act 2006. The system set up under the Act applies to all three armed services: the...