Law and Justice 2

Question 1

What did Darling say about the law?

Answer 1

The law is like a tavern open to all.

Question 1

Procedural justice

Answer 1

Focuses on the fairness of processes and decision making.

Question 2

What does the law provide?

Answer 2

Free legal advice in person or phone at a police station.

Question 3

What was removed?

Answer 3

Rights for areas such as social welfare and employment.

Question 4

Who removed the rights?

Answer 4

Legal Aid and Sentencing Offenders Act 2012

Question 5

What happened from 2013?

Answer 5

Cutting of millions of legal aid.

Question 6

What does the cutting of legal aid do?

Answer 6

Undermine justice

Question 7

What did Utilitarians believe?

Answer 7

It’s just to make cuts if it benefits others.

Question 8

An example of cutting funds benefiting others

Answer 8

NHS

Question 9

What do some people believe?

Answer 9

LAPSO restrictions create procedural injustice as only wealthy can afford.

Question 10

What happens to those who qualify for means or merit’s tests?

Answer 10

limited to low skilled lawyers.

Question 11

Why are people limited to low skilled lawyers?

Answer 11

Due to the fact most lawyers don’t want to provide free legal aid.

Question 12

What can be used for civil law?

Answer 12

Conditional fees or insurance

Question 13

What’s the issues with conditional fees and insurance?

Answer 13

Only available if case likely to win.
Limited to 8,000

Question 14

What’s the final verdict?

Answer 14

Well of businesses and individuals receive most justice as they can afford to take people to courts and get good representation.

Question 15

How many law firms offered legal aid in 1950’s?

Answer 15

5000

Question 16

How many law firms offered legal aid in 2021?

Answer 16

Less than 2000

Question 17

In 2010 how much did the LA reforms cut from the budget?

Answer 17

350 million

Question 18

Substantive justice

Answer 18

Focuses on the content or outcomes of laws and legal decisions, ensuring they are fair.

Question 19

What cases illustrate mandatory life sentences as unfair?

Answer 19

Cocker
Ignis

Question 20

Examples of different sentencing which creates justice

Answer 20

Whole life term
30 years
15 years

Question 21

Factors which create justice when sentencing

Answer 21

Aggravating
Mitigating

Question 22

Tort substantive justice negligence case

Answer 22

Donoghue

Question 23

Nettleship what would utilitarians believe?

Answer 23

Majority protected but on the surface seems unfair.

Question 24

What case would be seen as fair?

Answer 24

Caparo

Question 25

What case would be seen as unfair?

Answer 25

Hill

Question 26

Why would Hill be considered unfair?

Answer 26

As there is no fair remedy

Question 27

What would be believed about Robinson?

Answer 27

Social justice restored ART6 no one above law

Question 28

Corrective justice

Answer 28

Judge discovers damage done and tries to restore balance.

Question 29

Damages

Answer 29

To put someone in the same place they were before the tort occurred.

Question 30

Contributory damages

Answer 30

Reduce damages if C contributed.

Question 31

Example of a contributory damages case

Answer 31

Froom v Butcher Law Reform CN Act

Question 32

What did the Criminal Law Revision Committee 1995 say?

Answer 32

Greatest disasters have shaken British History.

Question 33

What did Canning and Clarke lead to?

Answer 33

200 similar convictions being looked at.

Question 34

Appeals

Answer 34

Positive duty on judges when things have gone wrong to do everything possible to make it right.

Question 35

What happened in 2012?

Answer 35

62/13808 cases had their sentences increased by the CA.

Question 36

Why did the CA increase sentences?

Answer 36

Cases considered unduly lenient

Question 37

What happened in 2017?

Answer 37

SC received 228 appeals and decided to hear 85.

Question 38

What is the success rate?

Answer 38

41%

Question 39

Reasons for miscarriages

Answer 39

Deliberate fabrication of evidence Mistake or unreliable evidence Jury problems

Question 40

Procedures put in place

Answer 40

Police collect evidence and interview suspects Criminal Appeal System Criminal Case Review Commission

Question 41

Police collect evidence and interview suspects under what

Answer 41

PACE 1984

Question 42

Criminal Appeal system

Answer 42

Criminal Appeal Act 1985

Question 43

Canning

Answer 43

Unreliable evidence and Non disclosure led to wrongful conviction

Question 44

Sub Post Office Master Scandal

Answer 44

Mistaken evidence and incorrect procedure led to hundreds of wrongful convictions.

Question 45

What happened as a result of the Sub Post Office Master Scandal?

Answer 45

57.5m in damages Overturned convictions New legislation

Question 46

Evans

Answer 46

Wrongly convicted and executed for the murders of his wife and daughter.

Question 47

Birmingham six

Answer 47

Six men wrongly executed for pub bombings, released 17 years later.