Archive of news
3rd full meeting of SIFoCC planned for March 11-12 2021
2 March 2021
Find out more about global efforts to share judicial best practice
Speech by Mr Justice Foxton: The relationship between public and private law
1 March 2021
Speech is on the role of public law illegality in private law claims
New witness statements Practice Direction approved
18 February 2021
The PD will apply to witness statements in the Business and Property Courts
Roundtable between the Commercial Court and the Italian Supreme Court
February 2, 2021
Judges from the Commercial Court have discussed their experiences of working online with a delegation from the Italian Supreme Court
Second edition of the SIFoCC Multilateral Memorandum on Enforcement launched
16 December 2020
Commercial Courts outline how a judgment in one jurisdiction could be enforced in another
Commercial Court Users Group minutes (November 2020)
3 December 2020
The Commercial Court’s User Group met virtually on 25 November 2020. The minutes of the meeting are available to view
Watch the Institute of Maritime Law 38th Donald O’May Lecture online
18 November 2020
How does the lecture help bridge the three branches of maritime law?
Commonwealth Commercial Courts – Establishing the new normal
11 November 2020
Virtual seminar brings together judicial office holders around the globe
The Witness Evidence Working Group
28 October 2020
At its meeting on 22 October 2020, the Business & Property Courts Board received the Implementation Report of the Witness Evidence Working Group and endorsed the Working Group’s recommendation
Opening of the Legal Year: Commercial Court event
20 October 2020
Hear about judges’ experience of remote working during the pandemic
Time estimates for pre-reading and hearings
14 October 2020
A new Direction – Time estimates for pre-reading and hearings – has been issued by Mrs Justice Cockerill, the Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court
September 28, 2020
Go online for more information and to book your place
Commercial Court 125th Anniversary Seminar Series: October – December 2020
17 September 2020
Find out which ‘hot topics’ in commercial law are included in these virtual seminars
Commercial Court looks to the future with its first virtual seminar
28 July 2020
Find out more in the blog and register for the event on Monday 7 September 2020
Pro bono legal work being extended to the Commercial Court
July 24, 2020
Read more about the scheme’s extension to the Commercial Court
Bilateral meeting with judges in France goes virtual
14 July 2020
Senior judges from England and Wales and France meet virtually to exchange their experiences of working during the current pandemic
Virtual international meeting of the SIFoCC Judicial Observation Programme
6 July 2020
SIFoCC judges from eight different countries share their work experiences
Commercial Court user’s group: latest minutes
24 June 2020
The minutes of the Commercial Court Users Group meeting (June 2020) are now available to view
New Memorandum published detailing the response of the World’s Commercial Courts to COVID-19
29 May 2020
A Memorandum has been launched detailing the way courts from across the world are responding to the COVID 19 pandemic
27 May 2020
The product of SIFoCC’s first international working group is available on its website
Witness Statements: Notice from the Judge in Charge
11 March 2020
The Judge in Charge, Mr Justice Teare has released a Notice concerning the issue of lengthy trial witness statements and the approach which the Court will be adopting
Exhibition kicks off a year of celebratory events marking the Commercial Court’s 125th anniversary
2 March 2020
2020 is also the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Commercial and Admiralty Court
Commercial Court Annual Report 2018-19
27 February 2020
The Court continues to attract legal disputes from many countries of the world
Supervising Lord Justice of the Commercial Court
6 February 2020
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon has appointed the Right Honourable Lord Justice Flaux as the Supervising Lord Justice of the Commercial Court
Commercial Court User’s Group: latest minutes
3 February 2020
The minutes of the Commercial Court Users Group meeting (November 2019) are now available to view
A Unique Gathering of Commercial Courts
15 May 2017
On Friday 5 May 2017, commercial courts from five continents gathered in London
New Admiralty rules: Electronic Track Data in Collision Claims
21 February 2017
These new Admiralty rules come into force on 28 February 2017