Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) was an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and was responsible for the administration of the civil, family and criminal courts in England and Wales .
6-625: [REDACTED] Look up hmcs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. HMCS may refer to: Her Majesty's Courts Service (2005-11) His Majesty's Canadian Ship His Majesty's Colonial Ship, see His Majesty's Ship Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman , a United States Navy rate Hazardous Material Control System (see Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System ) HMC Investment Securities Molybdenum cofactor sulfurtransferase , an enzyme High-maltose corn syrup Topics referred to by
12-910: A single organisation. On 1 April 2011 it merged with the Tribunals Service to form Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (from 8 September 2022 His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service) . Her Majesty's Courts Service carried out the administration and support for the Court of Appeal , the High Court , the Crown Court , the magistrates' courts , the county courts and the Probate Service in England and Wales . When established court services were administered by seven regions responsible for 42 local areas. In 2007 this structure
18-692: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Her Majesty%27s Courts Service It was created by the amalgamation of the Magistrates' Courts Service and the Court Service as a result of the Unified Courts Administration Programme. It came into being on 1 April 2005, bringing together the Magistrates' Courts Service and the Courts Service into
24-399: The delivery of justice in all courts in England and Wales , instead of the magistrates' courts and the Court Service being administered separately. The Courts Act 2003 created the legal framework required to make the changes. The focus of the programme was to devise a system which would offer improved and consistent services to court users by providing: On 31 March 2005, responsibility for
30-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title HMCS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMCS&oldid=1169525239 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-459: Was re-organised by reducing the number of areas to 24. The areas are managed by area directors, responsible for the delivery of local services. They work in partnership with courts boards to ensure that the Agency is focussed on its customers and is meeting local needs. The Government White Paper "Justice for all", published in 2002, recommended that a single agency should be developed to support
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