Section 66: Divisional courts of High Court.

Senior Courts Act 1981 · 1981 c. 54View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — : The High Court

Divisional courts may be held for the transaction of any business in the High Court which is, by or by virtue of rules of court or any other statutory provision, required to be heard by a divisional court.

Any number of divisional courts may sit at the same time.

A divisional court shall be constituted of not less than two judges.

Every judge of the High Court shall be qualified to sit in any divisional court.

The judge who is, according to the order of precedence under this Act, the senior of the judges constituting a divisional court shall be the president of the court.

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