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Civil Courts Flashcards

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County Court?

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  • Can try nearly all types of civil cases
  • Cases will be heard by either a circuit judge or a District Judge.
  • in some rare cases ( the torts of defamation, malicious prosecution or false imprisonment) the judge will sit with a jury of 8.
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County Court- Appeal : heard by District Judge?

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  • If case was heard by District Judge ( lower judge), it will be reheard by a circuit judge.
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County Court -Appeals : heard by circuit judge?

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  • If case was heard by Circuit judge, the appeal goes to a High Court Judge in the High Court.
  • May be a possibility of a second appeal to the Court of Appeal ( civil division), but only in exceptional cases
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County Court-Appeals: Court of Appeal?

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  • May be a possibility of a second appeal to the Court of Appeal ( civil division), but only in exceptional cases
  • The Access to Justice and Funding Act 1999 says leave to appeal will only be granted to the C of A if it raises an important point of principle or there is some other ‘compelling reason’.
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High Court?

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  • based in London but also has judges sitting in other towns and cities
    -there are 3 divisions which specialise in different types of cases
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High Court- QBD?

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  • Queen’s/King’s Bench Division - Deals with contract and tort cases where the amount being claimed is over £100,000 or smaller claims where there is an important point of law
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High court- Chancery Division?

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  • Deals with things such as insolvency, enforcement of mortgages, copyrights and patents.
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High Court- Family Division?

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  • Deals with family cases where there is a dispute about which country’s laws should apply in international cases ( normal family matters are dealt with by the Family Court.
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High Court- Appeals?

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  • Will go to Court of Appeal ( Civil Division) and then further possibility of appeal to the Supreme Court if the SC gives permission to appeal.
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