Evaluation of personnel

Question 1

Advantages of having Magistrates:

1. C___ (concerns finances)
2. L___ p___ (no time wasted on familiarisation)
3. Lack of l___ e___
4. V___
5. D___

Answer 1

Advantages of having Magistrates:

1. Cheap
2. Local people
3. Lack of legal expertise
4. Voluntary
5. Diverse

Question 2

True or false: Magistrates are inexpensive

Answer 2

True

Question 3

It is a good thing that magistrates’ are local people because

1. No time is wasted on f____
2. People prefer being sentenced by their p___

Answer 3

Familiarisation

Peers

Question 4

A case which highlights the social awareness of Magistrates ___ vs ____

Answer 4

Paul vs DPP

Question 5

In Paul vs DPP, a k___ c___ was convicted because the Magistrates knew k___ c___ was a problem in the area.

Answer 5

Kerb crawler

Kerb crawling

Question 6

Do Magistrates’ judge by common sense or the law?

Answer 6

Common sense

Question 7

Volunteers often do a good job because they actually w___ to be there

Answer 7

Want

Question 8

Only reasonably a___ people can afford to be Magistrates as it is v___

Answer 8

Affluent

Voluntary

Question 9

Magistrates were described by the former Lord Cheif Justice as “ A democrative ___ beyond price”

Answer 9

Jewel

Question 10

Lord Bingham was an L___ C___ J___

Answer 10

Lord Cheif Justice

Question 11

Magistrates were described by the former Lord Bingham as “ A ____ jewel beyond ___”

Answer 11

Democrative

Price

Question 12

Unfortunately, Magistrates are not bound by judicial p___

Answer 12

precedent

Question 13

The fact that Magistrates’ are not bound by judicial precedent creates d____ results for similar offences

Answer 13

Different

Question 14

In 2001, if you were guilty of burglary in Teeside there was a __% of chance of you going to prison but if you did the same thing in B___, there was a 41% chance of you going to prison.

Answer 14

20

Birmingham

Question 15

In ___, if you were guilty of burglary in Teeside there was a 20 % of chance of you going to prison but if you did the same thing in Birmingham, there was a 41% chance of you going to prison.

Answer 15

2001

Question 16

In ___, if you were guilty of burglary in ___ there was a 20 % of chance of you going to prison but if you did the same thing in Birmingham, there was a ___% chance of you going to prison.

Answer 16

2001
Teeside
41

Question 17

Magistrates may become case h___ and b__

Answer 17

Hardened

Biased

Question 18

Magistrates may be too r___ on the legal advisor

Answer 18

Reliant

Question 19

Bingham “My principal in such cases has always been to believe the evidence of the p___ o___”

Answer 19

Police officer

Question 20

Recent Home Office Statistics

A guilty plea costs £___ in the Magistrates but £___ in the crown court.

Answer 20

£550

£2600

Question 21

In 2001, if you were guilty of ___ there was a 41% of a custodial sentence in Birmingham

Answer 21

Burgalry

Question 22

What the advantages of a jury?

1. P___ C___ in system
2. Juries decide based off of f___ and m____.
3. T___ justice system
4. Secrecy of ___ ___.

Answer 22

Public confidence
Facts and morals
Transparent
Jury room

Question 23

Evidence for public confidence in system?

Hint: Trial by peers

Answer 23

Lord Devlin called it

“The lamp that shows freedom lives.”

Question 24

What’s significant about R v Ponting?

Answer 24

A civil servant breached the
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT by leaking info to an MP.
The jury acquitted him as it was morally sound.

Question 25

What law was breached in R v Ponting?

Answer 25

The official secrets act.

Question 26

What's good about the secrecy of the jury room?

Answer 26

The jury is protected from external influences when deciding the verdict.

Question 27

What are the disadvantages of juries? 1. Juries making the "right" decision 2. Racial ___ 3. S___ of the jury room 4. M ___influence 5. Lack of ___ expertise

Answer 27

Racial BIAS SECRECY of the jury room MEDIA influence Lack of LEGAL influence

Question 28

R v Randle & Pottle is significant because?

Answer 28

The defendants wrote a book about their crime; | The jury acquitted them.

Question 29

What is the issue with the secrecy of the jury room?

Answer 29

Nobody knows whether the jury made their decision for the correct reasons.

Question 30

R v Young is the ___ ____ case.

Answer 30

Ouija board

Question 31

A juror displayed racial overtones in R v ___

Answer 31

Gregory

Question 32

In the ___ commission report, is revealed that __% of juries struggled to understand cases.

Answer 32

Runciman | 10%

Question 33

In 19__, the ___ committee recommended that juries should not be part of fraud trials.

Answer 33

1986 | Roskill committee

Question 34

Are juries part of fraud trials today?

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

R v Taylor is significant because?

Answer 35

The press gave a false impression of video sequence

Question 36

Due to press coverage, ___ ___ was convicted of murder before the trial had begun.

Answer 36

Ian Huntley.