High Courts have unlimited jurisdiction in all criminalmatters other than matters involving Islamic law . The HighCourts have original jurisdiction in criminal cases punishable bydeath .Cases are heard by a single judge in the High Court‚ or by a judicial commissioner . While High Court judges enjoy security oftenure‚ judicial commissioners are appointed for a term of twoyears‚ and do not enjoy similar protection under the Constitution.An application for a judicial review is applied in this court.
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County Court High Court of Justice - Civil claims: contract‚ tort‚ landlord & tenant‚ probate & insolvency - A district judge hears small claims. Informal & no costs awarded. Queens bench - A circuit judge hears fast track & division first instance some multi-track cases. contract & tort. First instance a high Family division court judge. matrimonial cases
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constitutional rights Held: Respecting the possible influence of media coverage on the impartiality of trial court judges‚ the right of an accused to a fair trial is not incompatible to a free press. Pervasive/Influencing publicity is not per se prejudicial to the right of an accused to a fair trial‚ and that there must be allegation and proof of the impaired capacity of a judge to render a bias-free decision. Mere fear of possible undue influence is not tantamount to actual prejudice resulting
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liberty if the power of judging is not separated from the legislative and executive. If it were joined with the legislative‚ the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control; for the judge would then be the legislator. If it were joined to the executive power‚ the judge might behave with the violence and oppression. There would be an end of everything‚ if the same man‚ or the same body‚ whether of the nobles or the people‚ were to exercise those three powers‚ that of enacting
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the trial‚ would be a good change. Another change that would help would be choosing of unbiased judges and juries. Even though the 6th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to a trial by jury‚ in some states the defendants have the right to waive a jury trial‚ therefore resulting in a bench trial‚ which is just a judge or group of judges going over the case. Judges decisions may be influenced by the sentence hearing‚ victim statements or‚ a prehistory report of
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“What is Law?” This is the most popular question to people from all walks of life. According to the meaning in dictionary‚ Law means‚ “the system of rules which a particular country or community recognises as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of
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services for the Judiciary. Legal Secretary and Administrative Specialist Provide office assistance and support judges‚ executives‚ managers‚ and court unit staff. Staff Attorney and Law Clerk Research and provide procedural and legal advice regarding court cases. Information Technology Support the federal courts ’ extensive technology programs. Courtroom Deputy Assist judges in managing their caseload and court proceedings in an orderly fashion. Court Reporter Maintain the courtroom record
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hearings for all criminal cases‚ but they then transfer indictable offences‚ some either way offences that are outside their sentencing powers‚ or are particularly complex‚ and applications for bail to the crown court. Magistrates also accompany circuit judges in hearing appeals against conviction/sentencing from the magistrates in the crown court. having the magistrates in the appeals helps them to gain further knowledge on how laws should be interpreted and which sentences are appropriate for which crimes
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Filipino context‚ this story favors the underprivileged families over affluent ones. It is supported by the part at the end of the story where after the father gave back the “spirit of wealth” through the jingling of the coins in the straw hat‚ the judge immediately dismissed the case. While it is not really true in this day and age because the poor has no fair fight against the rich‚ the idea behind it is not quite simple. Maybe the author wanted to show the issue the other way around‚ thus‚ using
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Delay in civil suit Introduction: One of the most vexed and worrying problems in the administration of civil justice is of delay. Jonathan swift in his famous work Gulliver’s Travels sarcastically describes the delay in courts in the following words: “In pleading‚ the lawyers studiously avoid entering into the merits of the cause; but are loud‚ violent and the tedious in dwelling upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose…. they never desire to know what claim
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