The Rolls Building is a judicial court complex on Fetter Lane in the

City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London f ...

that is used by the

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(one of the

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). It houses the commercial and property business of the Chancery Division (including bankruptcy), as well as the

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, Commercial Court, and the

Technology and Construction Court The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts. It hears appeals on poin ...

. The building has 31 courtrooms, including three "super courts" for high-value cases, and four landscape-oriented courtrooms for multi-party cases. The basement and top floors are available for lease by commercial law firms. The building was designed by

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and built by

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for developers Delancey Estates and Scottish Widows and was formally opened by

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

on 7 December 2011.

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* Buildings and structures in the City of London Court buildings in London Government buildings completed in 2011 National government buildings in London {{UK-law-stub

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