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Case references used by the Royal Courts of Justice and Rolls Building

Find the common case reference numbers used by the the offices of the Royal Courts of Justice and Rolls Building to find out which court is hearing your case.

The offices and courts within the Royal Courts of Justice and Rolls Building hear different types of cases. Different case reference numbers are used for different types of cases.

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Common reference numbers

This list only includes the common case reference numbers, it does not include all of them. You should only use this list as a guide.

Court of Appeal Criminal Division

Example reference number:
2011 01234 (A, B, C or D)1

Court of Appeal Civil Division

Example reference number:
(A, B, C or D)1/2011/1234

Administrative Court

Example reference number:
AC-2025-LON-010279

Chancery judges and chancery appeals

Example reference numbers:
HC11C01234
1234 of 2011
CH/2010/0123

Admiralty and Commercial Court

Example reference number:
2011 Folio 1234

King鈥檚 Bench judges and King鈥檚 Bench appeals

Example reference numbers:
KB-2024-017278
KA-2023-002013

Family Division

Example prefixes:
FD COP

Technology and Construction Court

Example reference number:
HT-11-01

Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court 鈥 Rolls Building patents

Example reference number:
IP14MO1234

Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court 鈥 Thomas Moore small claims track

Example reference number:
IP14SO1234

Central London County Court

Example reference numbers:
CL1399AA999
CLA99AA999

Business and property courts

Chancery

Example reference numbers:
BL-2020- 000000
FS-2020- 000000
PE-2020- 000000
CP-2020- 000000
IL-2020- 000000
IP-2020- 000000
HP-2020- 000000
PT-2020- 000000
RL-2020- 000000

Commercial Court

Example reference numbers:
CL-2020- 000000
LM-2020- 000000
FL-2020- 000000

Admiralty

Example reference number:
AD-2020- 000000

Technology and Construction Court

Example reference number:
HT-2020- 000000

Insolvency and Companies List

Example reference numbers:
BR-2020- 000000
CR-2020- 000000

Updates to this page

Published 14 February 2020
Last updated 15 April 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated the example reference number for the Administrative Court, and the King's Bench Judges and King's Bench Appeals.

  2. Changed Queen's Bench to King's Bench

  3. First published.

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