Intro to DR

Question 1

How to address judges?

Supreme Court
- Justices of the Supreme Court

Court of Appeal
- Judges of the Court of Appeal

High Court
- High Court judges
- High Court Masters

County Court
- Circuit judges
- Recorders (part-time Circuit judges)
- District judges
Deputy District judges (part-time District judges)

Answer 1

Supreme Court
Justices of the Supreme Court - ‘my lord’ or ‘my lady’

Court of Appeal
Judges of the Court of Appeal - ‘my lord’ or ‘my lady’

High Court
High Court judges - ‘my lord’ or ‘my lady’
High Court Masters - ‘judge’

County Court
Circuit judges - ‘your honour’
Recorders (part-time Circuit judges) - ‘your honour’
District judges - ‘judge’
Deputy District judges (part-time District judges) - ‘judge’

Question 2

Overriding objective
- what is it
- what consideration it involves

Answer 2

The overriding objective of the CPR is to ‘enable the court to deal with cases justly and at proportionate cost’

Involves:
- Ensuring that the parties are on equal footing
- Saving expense
- Dealing with the case in ways which are proportionate to the amount of money involved, the importance of the case, complexity of the issues and the financial position of each party
- Ensuring the case is dealt with expeditiously and fairly
- Allotting to each case an appropriate share of the court’s resources, taking into account the need to allot resources to other cases
- Enforcing compliance with rules, practice directions and orders

Question 3

Burden of proof

Answer 3

Standard: on the balance of probabilities (meaning: more likely than not)