Know where to go and what to check
Court Guide brings together court contact details, practical visiting information, solicitor offices, legal-aid providers and local crime data for England and Wales. It is designed to help you find the relevant official information and prepare your next step.
We are independent of HM Courts & Tribunals Service, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Legal Aid Agency and police forces. We are not a law firm and cannot advise on individual cases.
Public information, with its source
Each directory listing identifies its source and the date it was checked. Our crime pages explain the reporting month and the area counted. We do not publish personal hearing lists, allegations about individuals or predictions about legal outcomes.
How listings are selected
Courts come from HMCTS records. Solicitor offices are drawn from the SRA’s authorised-firm data and matched to England and Wales postcodes. Legal-aid entries come from the Legal Aid Agency’s published directory. Inclusion is based on the source data, with no fee or paid ranking.