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class="mbox-empty-cell"></td></tr><tr><td class="assess import-mid"><a href="/wiki/Category:Mid-importance_law_articles" title="Category:Mid-importance law articles">Mid</a></td><td class="mbox-text" colspan="2">This article has been rated as <b>Mid-importance</b> on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Law/Assessment#Importance_scale" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Law/Assessment">project's importance scale</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="bankruptcy_etc" data-mw-thread-id="h-bankruptcy_etc-2007-03-29T12:58:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-bankruptcy_etc-2007-03-29T12:58:00.000Z"></span>bankruptcy etc<span data-mw-comment-end="h-bankruptcy_etc-2007-03-29T12:58:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:High_Court_of_Justice&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: bankruptcy etc"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-JonoP-2007-03-29T12:58:00.000Z-bankruptcy_etc"></span>This court also deals with bankruptcy. Does anyone know which division it comes under? </p> <dl><dd>Chancery <a href="/wiki/User:Tim!" title="User:Tim!">Tim!</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Tim!" title="User talk:Tim!">talk</a>) 14:40, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Teeny bit more complicated than that: its what is usually called the Companies Court (part of the Chancery Division) but can be heard in any County Court with insolvency jurisdiction. This is not jurisdictional and the rules make it clear that a court seized of a matter when insolvency becomes an issue may exercise its authority appropriately. <a href="/wiki/User:Francis_Davey" title="User:Francis Davey">Francis Davey</a> 21:39, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)</dd></dl> <p>Divisional Court redirects here, yet there is no mention of this in the article. I would add something, but my law text books are in storage somewhere, so I couldn't be certain what I added would be accurate. <a href="/wiki/User:JonoP" title="User:JonoP">JonoP</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-JonoP-2007-03-29T12:58:00.000Z-bankruptcy_etc" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:58, 29 March 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-JonoP-2007-03-29T12:58:00.000Z-bankruptcy_etc"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-JonoP-2007-03-29T12:58:00.000Z-bankruptcy_etc"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="The_name_of_this_court" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_name_of_this_court-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_name_of_this_court-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z"></span>The name of this court<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_name_of_this_court-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:High_Court_of_Justice&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The name of this court"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court"></span>According to the Interpretation Act 1978: </p><p>“High Court” means— </p> <dl><dd>(a) in relation to England and Wales, Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in England;</dd> <dd>(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.</dd></dl> <p>So, is the correct name of this court "Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in England" rather than "The High Court of Justice" (which is what the article begins with)? <a href="/wiki/User:James500" title="User:James500">James500</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:James500" title="User talk:James500">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z"></span>We use <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(common_names)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)">Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)</a>; since most people think of it as "The High Court of Justice", that is what we call it. To use the full name would be overly complicated; we'd have to rename <a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary" title="Permanent secretary">Permanent secretary</a> to "Her Majesty's Permanent Under-Secretary of State for [insert department here]". <a href="/wiki/User:Ironholds" title="User:Ironholds">Ironholds</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Ironholds" title="User talk:Ironholds">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">06:32, 28 April 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z-James500-2009-02-21T12:01:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z"></span>"<i>most people think of it as "The High Court of Justice"</i>"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources.">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> IMHO this assumption is reasonable only as far as people under the jurisdiction of this court are concerned. <a href="/wiki/User:Apokrif" title="User:Apokrif">Apokrif</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Apokrif" title="User talk:Apokrif">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:14, 28 April 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z-Ironholds-2009-04-28T06:32:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Ironholds-2009-04-30T10:04:00.000Z-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z"></span>Alright, I'll rephrase. Law textbooks use "The High Court of Justice". The English High Court is the most reasonable to have at this location, because it is the best known. Google searching for The High Court of Justice brings up the English court first. <a href="/wiki/User:Ironholds" title="User:Ironholds">Ironholds</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Ironholds" title="User talk:Ironholds">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Ironholds-2009-04-30T10:04:00.000Z-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">10:04, 30 April 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Ironholds-2009-04-30T10:04:00.000Z-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Ironholds-2009-04-30T10:04:00.000Z-Apokrif-2009-04-28T09:14:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-67.142.170.21-2010-08-23T22:45:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court"></span>yesthis is julia thackerim geting back with you on the email i got fromjohn baker he says i am a beneficiary and that i need to leve my name and number well my email isjuliathacker2@yahoo.com and my phone numer is 606 253 0687 my mailing address is p.o box 215 beaver ky 41604 thank you hope to here from you soon julia. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/67.142.170.21" title="Special:Contributions/67.142.170.21">67.142.170.21</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:67.142.170.21" title="User talk:67.142.170.21">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-67.142.170.21-2010-08-23T22:45:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:45, 23 August 2010 (UTC)</a></span><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-67.142.170.21-2010-08-23T22:45:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-67.142.170.21-2010-08-23T22:45:00.000Z-The_name_of_this_court"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Woring_re_Sir_Morritt" data-mw-thread-id="h-Woring_re_Sir_Morritt-2012-03-28T23:25:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Woring_re_Sir_Morritt-2012-03-28T23:25:00.000Z"></span>Woring re Sir Morritt<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Woring_re_Sir_Morritt-2012-03-28T23:25:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:High_Court_of_Justice&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Woring re Sir Morritt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Svanslyck-2012-03-28T23:25:00.000Z-Woring_re_Sir_Morritt"></span>Instead of, "The first Chancellor (and the last Vice-Chancellor) is Sir Andrew Morritt," I wonder if it might not be better to say, "The last Vice-Chancellor was Sir Andrew Morritt, who is currently serving as the first Chancellor." It sounds odd (to my ear) to say, "The first X and Y is...." Just a thought. <br/><span style="font-family:Georgia"><a href="/wiki/User:Svanslyck" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Svanslyck">kcylsnavS</a></span>{<sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Svanslyck" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:Svanslyck">screech</a></sup><sub><a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Svanslyck" title="Special:EmailUser/Svanslyck">harrass</a></sub>} <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Svanslyck-2012-03-28T23:25:00.000Z-Woring_re_Sir_Morritt" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:25, 28 March 2012 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Svanslyck-2012-03-28T23:25:00.000Z-Woring_re_Sir_Morritt"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Svanslyck-2012-03-28T23:25:00.000Z-Woring_re_Sir_Morritt"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="High_Court's_other_hats?" data-mw-thread-id="h-High_Court's_other_hats?-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"><span id="High_Court.27s_other_hats.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-High_Court's_other_hats?-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"></span>High Court's other hats?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-High_Court's_other_hats?-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:High_Court_of_Justice&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: High Court's other hats?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z-High_Court's_other_hats?"></span>The article mentions the High Court's district registries. I would like to clarify in the article that the 'main' High Court (on the Strand in the City Of Westminster, London) is itself a High Court district registry. Is that true? Thank you in advance. <a href="/wiki/User:Bo99" title="User:Bo99">Bo99</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bo99" title="User talk:Bo99">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z-High_Court's_other_hats?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:30, 8 April 2014 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z-High_Court's_other_hats?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z-High_Court's_other_hats?"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:04:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"></span>My view (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OR">WP:OR</a> as a solicitor - someone might give you a properly sourced view) is that it is not a district registry. I'm pretty sure that "district registry" doesn't appear on any documentation used at the Strand. I think the <i>"real"</i> High Court is located in the Strand and the "district registries" are district registries of <i>that</i> court. It's not like the Crown Courts i.e. a network of equals with the Old Bailey having a kind of primus inter pares pre-eminence but really being London's Crown Court I could be wrong though. <a href="/wiki/User:DeCausa" title="User:DeCausa">DeCausa</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DeCausa" title="User talk:DeCausa">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:04:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:04, 17 April 2014 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:04:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:04:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"></span></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"></span>Use of "district registry" as distinct from "RCJ" in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wc2cAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=%22In+addition,+there+are+137+district+registries%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YORPU-zaK-nQ7Ab3i4GgBg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22In%20addition%2C%20there%20are%20137%20district%20registries%22&f=false">this source</a> supports my view. I think. <a href="/wiki/User:DeCausa" title="User:DeCausa">DeCausa</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DeCausa" title="User talk:DeCausa">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:27, 17 April 2014 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-08T21:30:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z"></span>to DeCausa: Thank you for those excellent thoughts.</dd> <dd>to DeCausa or anyone: Here's a very-arguably contrary source and super-rough original analysis: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part-47-procedure-for-detailed-assessment/practice-direction-46-costs-special-cases2#4.1">CPR Part 47 PD 4.1</a> provides, in grossest summary, that</dd> <dd>if a court wants costs to be assessed, then the venue for such assessment is usually that court, i.e. '(a)</dd> <dd>the [High Court] district registry or county court in which the case was'. That tends to imply, to me, that all the High Court cases in the RCJ building that are to have costs assessed are intended to be subsumed in such words,</dd> <dd>'the [High Court] district registry ... in which the case was'; otherwise all such cost assessments would be thrown out of the RCJ High Court and into '(c) ... the Costs Office.' <a href="/wiki/User:Bo99" title="User:Bo99">Bo99</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bo99" title="User talk:Bo99">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:51, 17 April 2014 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T14:27:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z"></span>No, that actually demonstrates the exact opposite. The Senior Courts Cost Office is at the RCJ and covers the High Court I.e (c) applies. In any event, I've just remembered the High Court in the Strand is called the Central Office. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/rcj-rolls-building/queens-bench">this</a> for QBD which definitively answers the point. <a href="/wiki/User:DeCausa" title="User:DeCausa">DeCausa</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DeCausa" title="User talk:DeCausa">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:14, 17 April 2014 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z-Bo99-2014-04-17T17:51:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Bo99-2014-04-17T20:26:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z"></span>Ah, excellent. Thank you so much. My premise was factually wrong: i wrote in my posting above that</dd> <dd>if a court wants costs to be assessed, then the venue for such assessment is usually that court,</dd> <dd>but you, DeCausa, are very helpfully saying that factually that does not apply to the RCJ High Court, whose cases have their costs assessed not in such court but in the Costs Office.</dd> <dd>I will at some point consider adding to the article that the High Court in the RCJ is not itself a High Court district registry. <a href="/wiki/User:Bo99" title="User:Bo99">Bo99</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bo99" title="User talk:Bo99">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Bo99-2014-04-17T20:26:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:26, 17 April 2014 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Bo99-2014-04-17T20:26:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Bo99-2014-04-17T20:26:00.000Z-DeCausa-2014-04-17T19:14:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Requested_move_14_October_2017" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requested_move_14_October_2017-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requested_move_14_October_2017-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z"></span>Requested move 14 October 2017<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requested_move_14_October_2017-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:High_Court_of_Justice&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Requested move 14 October 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <div class="boilerplate" style="background-color: #efe; margin: 2em 0 0 0; padding: 0 10px 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #aaa;"> <dl><dd><i><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Jenks24-2017-10-29T12:17:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017"></span>The following is a closed discussion of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves" title="Wikipedia:Requested moves">requested move</a>. <span style="color:red"><b>Please do not modify it.</b></span> Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Move_review" title="Wikipedia:Move review">move review</a>. No further edits should be made to this section. </i></dd></dl> <p>The result of the move request was: <b>no consensus</b> to move. Necrothesp makes a good counter-argument. <a href="/wiki/User:Jenks24" title="User:Jenks24">Jenks24</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jenks24" title="User talk:Jenks24">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Jenks24-2017-10-29T12:17:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:17, 29 October 2017 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Jenks24-2017-10-29T12:17:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Jenks24-2017-10-29T12:17:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017"></span> </p> <hr/> <p><br/> <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017"></span>High Court of Justice</a> → <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Court_(England_and_Wales)&redirect=no">High Court (England and Wales)</a></span> – The name "the High Court of Justice" (as provided for by the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Courts_Act_1981" title="Senior Courts Act 1981">Senior Courts Act 1981</a> (as amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005; originally entitled the Supreme Court Act 1981) (1981 c[hapter]. 54), s[ection]. 1 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/section/1/enacted">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/section/1">[2]</a>) was changed by the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Reform_Act_2005" title="Constitutional Reform Act 2005">Constitutional Reform Act 2005</a> (2005 c[hapter]. 4), s[ection]. 7[subsection](4), and the Court is now simply called "the High Court".<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/section/7/enacted">[3]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/section/7">[4]</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/87.102.116.36" title="Special:Contributions/87.102.116.36">87.102.116.36</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:87.102.116.36" title="User talk:87.102.116.36">talk</a>) 12:20, 14 October 2017 (UTC) <small>--<i><b>Relisting.</b></i> <b><span style="font-family:Papyrus;"><a href="/wiki/User:Anarchyte" title="User:Anarchyte"><span style="color:#0d80ad;">Anarchyte</span></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Anarchyte" title="Special:Contributions/Anarchyte"><span style="color:#0d5fad;">work</span></a> | <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Anarchyte" title="User talk:Anarchyte"><span style="color:#0d5fad;">talk</span></a>)</small></span></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:11, 22 October 2017 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z-Requested_move_14_October_2017"></span> </p> <ul><li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Necrothesp-2017-10-17T14:19:00.000Z-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z"></span>Oppose</b>. In this case, natural disambiguation is better. To quote the article: "formerly called and still ceremonially self-styling itself the High Court of Justice". The name is still well-known and used. -- <a href="/wiki/User:Necrothesp" title="User:Necrothesp">Necrothesp</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Necrothesp" title="User talk:Necrothesp">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:High_Court_of_Justice#c-Necrothesp-2017-10-17T14:19:00.000Z-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:19, 17 October 2017 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Necrothesp-2017-10-17T14:19:00.000Z-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Necrothesp-2017-10-17T14:19:00.000Z-87.102.116.36-2017-10-14T12:20:00.000Z"></span></li></ul> <hr/> <dl><dd><i>The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves" title="Wikipedia:Requested moves">requested move</a>. <span style="color:red"><b>Please do not modify it.</b></span> Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Move_review" title="Wikipedia:Move review">move review</a>. 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