Financial List Guide

Below is a guide to the Financial List in the Rolls Building, which handles complex court cases about financial markets.

Financial List cases can be started in the Commercial Court or Chancery Division of the High Court.

The list can deal with cases:

worth more than £50 million
which need expert judicial knowledge of financial markets
which raise important issues for the sector

The guide includes information on:

the jurisdiction of the list
rules and practice directions
transferring cases into and out of the list
the market test case scheme
how to issue a case
listing arrangements

It also includes contact details for queries about the list.