High Court (King's Bench Division)
The King’s Bench Division is one of three Divisions of the High Court. It handles a wide range of civil claims across contract disputes and civil wrongs (tort) including claims of: negligence, defamation, assault, trespass. This Division contains specialist courts including Administrative, Admiralty, Commercial, and Technology and Construction Courts.
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.
You can read more about it on the King’s Bench Division on the judiciary website.
Documents on Find Case Law
We currently hold 5669 documents from the High Court (King's Bench Division), from 2003 to 2024.
Finding older documents
You can read more about how to find older King’s Bench records in Civil court cases: King’s/Queen’s Bench 1702-1998 research guide or Criminal court cases: King’s/Queen’s Bench 1675-1988.