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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.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 a single organisation.