Family Court

Most family cases are heard in the Family Court. A limited number of cases are heard in the Family Division of the High Court, for example cases involving international child abduction and cases involving the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court. You can learn more about when the family court publish judgments in their practice guidance (opens as PDF).

This court began to regularly transfer judgments to The National Archives in 2022. The oldest judgment from this court included in Find Case Law is from 2014.

You can read more about it on the Family Justice System page on the HM Courts and Tribunals Service website.

Documents on Find Case Law

We currently hold 1250 documents from the Family Court, from 2014 to 2024.