Sits in a Civil Division under the Master of the Rolls and a Criminal Division under the Lord Chief Justice. Its decisions bind all lower courts and, in practice, settle most points of English law.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- appellate
- Court type
- Intermediate appellate court
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Seat
- London
- Established
- 1875
Where an appeal goes next
Permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court
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