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King's Bench hearing and trial dates

Details of the earliest available dates for hearings and trials at the King's Bench Division of the High Court, based on how long they are expected to last.

From:: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published: 18 March 2019
Last updated: 3120 ~~January~~March 2025 — See all updates

All types of cases other than media and communications

Estimated duration of case	Next available date for hearing
Up to 3 days	1223 ~~January~~February 2026 to 2722 ~~March~~May 2026
Up to 5 days	2314 ~~February~~April 2026 to 2231 ~~May~~July 2026
5 to 10 days	5 May 2026 to 31 July 2026
10 days to 4 weeks	5 May 2026 to 31 July 2026
4 to 8 weeks	51 ~~May~~October 2026 to 3118 ~~July~~December 2026
Over 8 weeks	1 October 2026 to 18 December 2026

Media and communications cases

Estimated duration of case	Next available date for hearing
Up to 5 days	292 ~~April~~June 2025 to 31 July 2025
5 to 10 days	291 ~~April~~October 2025 to 3119 ~~July~~December 2025
10 to 20 days	112 ~~October~~January ~~2025~~2026 to 191 ~~December~~April ~~2025~~2026

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Published 18 March 2019
Last updated 3120 ~~January~~March 2025 + show all updates

20 March 2025
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31 January 2025
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27 November 2024
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1 October 2024
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5 August 2024
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2 July 2024
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24 April 2024
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4 March 2024
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19 January 2024
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4 December 2023
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24 October 2023
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20 September 2023
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18 August 2023
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2 May 2023
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23 February 2023
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20 January 2023
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1 December 2022
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21 October 2022
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11 August 2022
Lead times updated
5 July 2022
Updated on 5 July.
6 June 2022
Updated on 6 June.
31 May 2022
Updated on 31 May
27 April 2022
List Update on 28 April
29 March 2022
Trial windows updated
10 January 2022
Updated trial periods on 10 January 2022.
10 November 2021
Trial periods updated.
12 October 2021
List updated 11 October
27 August 2021
List updated on 27 August
8 July 2021
Information for Queen’s Bench Master updated as of the 8 July 2021 published
26 May 2021
Update to the list
14 April 2021
Trial dates updated.
12 March 2021
Hearing and trial dates updated.
8 January 2021
Updated 8 January 2021
23 November 2020
Dates updated.
28 October 2020
Trial periods updated.
21 September 2020
Hearing and trial dates updated.
16 July 2020
Hearing and trial dates updated.
23 June 2020
Dates updated.
6 May 2020
Listings updated.
12 February 2020
Trial periods updated.
19 December 2019
Times updated.
18 November 2019
Trial dates for media and communications cases amended.
1 October 2019
Trial periods updated
20 August 2019
Times updated 20 August.
29 July 2019
Removed 'March 2019' title and updated windows
18 June 2019
Updated final line 18.6.19
17 May 2019
Updated trial windows 17.5.19
16 April 2019
Updated 16.4.19
18 March 2019
First published.

King's Bench hearing and trial dates

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