Criminal Courts And Lay People Criminal trials take place in either the magistrates’ courts or the crown courts. Summary offences: These are the least serious offences and are heard in the magistrates’ court. They include assault‚ battery‚ most driving offences such as driving without insurance and minor criminal damage up to the value of £5.000 Either-way offences: These are middle of the range offences such as theft or ABH and can be tried in the magistrates’ court by a magistrate or in the crown
Free Jury Judge Court
The Criminal Justice System of UK Law of United Kingdom #The United Kingdom has three legal systems. English law‚ which applies in England and Wales‚ and Northern Ireland law‚ which applies in Northern Ireland‚ are based on common-law principles. Scots law‚ which applies in Scotland‚ is a pluralistic system based on civil-law principles‚ with common law elements dating back to the High Middle Ages. The Treaty of Union‚ put into effect by the Acts of Union in 1707‚ guaranteed the continued
Premium Law Common law United Kingdom
Compare and contrast the role and function of judges‚ lawyers and lay people within the English Courts Judges‚ lawyers and lay people all contribute to the English courts however the roles that each of them play are different. There are two types of lay people that have a role in the English Courts‚ solicitors and barristers. A solicitor’s main function is to perform all of the legal work outside the court however they work together with barristers whose main function is to defend the client in the
Premium Judge Law Lawyer
by all superior court decisions within the hierarchy. The Magistrates court is the lowest court in the criminal system; they do not create binding precedence and therefore are not bound by their previous decisions (Book1). The Magistrates Court is usually the first point of contact for approximately 97% of all summary offence cases‚ such as motoring offences‚ minor assault and low value criminal damage. The maximum fine that the Magistrates can impose is £5000 and/or 6 months imprisonment for a single
Free Jury Judge Law
Statutory Interpretation Model Answers Explain‚ the rules judges may use when interpreting Acts of Parliament There are four different rules judges can use when interpreting Acts of Parliament. The literal rule is when judges have to take the natural‚ ordinary or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase and apply it to the case in hand. This rule leads to absurd and unjust results. The literal rule occurred in LNER V Berriman case. An Act made it a duty to provide a look-out man wherever a
Premium Appeal Dispute resolution Court
cases it would be the Magistrates Court where they would be bailed with strict bail conditions or left in custody. For civil cases the court of first instance is the Small Claims Court for under £5‚000 being claimed‚ County Court for under £25‚000 or Court of Appeal for £25‚000+. Criminal Court structure * Criminal law hierarchy * Magistrate’s Court This court deals with mainly criminal cases but rarely civil cases. All criminal cases start off in the Magistrates’ Court and are heard
Premium Law
court visit and its general role in the English Legal system. The court visited was ‘Uxbridge Magistrates Court and Uxbridge Youth Court’‚ which is managed by the ministry of justice. The magistrates’ court is one of the courts at the lowest level of court hierarchy. It deals with offences with are regarded as less serious offences. Cases in the magistrates ’ courts are usually heard by a panel of magistrates (Justices of the Peace). This court must normally be composed of not more than three justices
Premium Judge Jury Law
DISHONOUR OF CHEQUES A cheque is one form of a bill of exchange. However‚ all bills of exchange are not cheques. A cheque is always drawn on a bank or a banker. It is payable immediately on demand‚ without any days of grace. The sum that is directed to be paid should be distinctly expressed in the instrument. If there is a discrepancy between the amount stated in words and that stated in figures‚ then the amount stated in words shall be the amount that is ordered to be paid. As per the amendments
Free Cheque
the introduction of Hellenism. It is believed that these changes were not just the beginnings of the downfall of the republic‚ but of the entire Roman Empire. Indeed‚ Sallust‚ writing in the first century BC states that although "every land and sea lay open to her. It was then that fortune turned unkind and confounded all her enterprises." The senate was already a powerful body in Rome’s government‚ these events‚ however greatly increased its power. Constitutionally‚ the senate was an advisory
Premium Ancient Rome Roman Republic
JURORS: Early jurors in England acted as witnesses providing sources of information on local affairs. But they gradually came to be used as adjudicators in both civil and criminal disputes. Gradually it became accepted that a juror should know as little as possible about the facts of a case before its trial. This is still the position today. The juror is a very important body of highly capable and well-trusted individuals that decide the facts a particular case and assists the judge in deliberating
Premium Law Common law Judge