High Court (Chancery Division)
Changes to the Chancery Division
The Chancery Division was replaced by the Business and Property Division on 1 October 2026.
You can still find existing Chancery judgments on this service. For judgments published from 1 October 2026 onwards, check the Business and Property Division.
The Chancery Division is becoming part of the new Business and Property Division. You can still find all existing Chancery judgments and decisions on this service. Material published from October 2026 onwards may appear under the Business and Property Division.
The Chancery Division was a division of the High Court. It handled a wide range of civil cases including business disputes, intellectual property and probate issues.
On 1 October 2026 it was replaced by the Business and Property Division.
The lists that were previously under the Chancery Division now fall under the Business and Property Division. These include the Business List, Insolvency and Companies List, Property, Trusts and Probate List, and Intellectual Property List (as well as its sub-lists, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and Patents Court).
You can read more about the decision to replace the Chancery Division on the Judiciary’s website.
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 2003.
Coverage on Find Case Law
Date range — 2003 to 2026
What’s included — We currently hold 9,073 documents from 2003 to 2026.
Transfer method — This court began regularly transferring judgments to The National Archives in 2022. The oldest judgment from this court included in Find Case Law is from 2003. Judgments from 2003–2022 were sourced from other collections.
You can read more about how to find older records in Civil court cases: Chancery Division since 1875
Recent judgments
| Case name | Neutral citation | Handed down |
|---|---|---|
| Satish Jamnadas Chatwani & Ors v Chirag Mehta & Ors | Neutral citation[2026] EWHC 2455 (Ch) | Handed down |
| Rio Property Maintenance Limited, Re | Neutral citation[2026] EWHC 2460 (Ch) | Handed down |
| Gavin Paul Carter & Anor v Terri Ann Davies & Ors | Neutral citation[2026] EWHC 2467 (Ch) | Handed down |
| Payments Pro Ltd & Ors v Freelancer and Contractor Services Association Ltd | Neutral citation[2026] EWHC 2415 (Ch) | Handed down |
| Rosemary Anne Davina Elliott v Vanessa Anne Bateson & Anor | Neutral citation[2026] EWHC 2440 (Ch) | Handed down |
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