An offence
An act resulting in criminal proceedings, dealt with in a Magistrates court presided by a magistrate
Crown Court
Almost exclusively criminal jurisdiction
Appeals from magistrates, indictable offences
Regina / Rex
Queen / King
Criminal Standard of Proof
Beyond reasonable doubt
Civil Law
Disputes between individuals or organisations
Civil remedies
Damages, decrees for specific performance and Injunctions
Civil Standard of Proof
Balance of probabilities
Civil Courts
County or the High Court
Common Law
Law not the result of legislation it is created by the decisions of judges / customs of people.
Civil law action citation
Claimant v Defendant
Welsh Law
Law of Hywel Dda
Supreme Court
Final court of appeal
12 Justices
Equity
Law that addresses outside the jurisdiction of common law, like an injunction.
Mandatory Injunction
Undo or remedy any damages
Prohibitory Injunction
Discontinue a wrongful act
Barrister Courts
All courts
Solicitor Courts
County Magistrates Coroners Tribunals EU
Solicitor Advocates
Crown
High
Court of Appeal
Supreme
Barrister Practices
Middle Temple
Inner Temple
Gray’s Inn
Lincoln’s Inn
Tribunals
Employment
Immigration
Tax
Litigation
Process of taking legal action
CFA
Conditional Fee Agreement - No win no fee
Ratio Decidendi
Rule of law which future decisions are based
Obiter Dicta
A judge’s opinion not essential to the decision therefore not legally binding as a precedent.
Precedent
Similar cases should be decided in a similar way
Binding - Should be followed
Supreme court
Court of Appeal
Persuasive - May be followed
Middle tier
Non-Binding - Would not be considered
Low court like county
Judicial Comity
Respect for other judges supporting the system
Assizes
A court which sat at intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law.
Name of the legal Dictionary
Hansard
Stare Decisis
The doctrine of binding precedent
Court of Appeal
Criminal Division - Appeals from Crown Court
Civil Division - Appeals High Court, Master of the Rolls
High Court
Queens Bench, Family and Chancery Division
First instance and appeal
TCC
Technology and Construction Court
Formerly Official Referee’s Court
Jury
12
Credit
Up to 1/3 off
ADR
Alternate Dispute Resolution
Conciliation
Mediation
Legal Training
Everyone apart from Magistrates
Magistrates Court
3 magistrates
Tort
Private or civil wrong
Private Bill
Proposal for legislation affective the powers of particular bodies
Hybrid Bill
Mixture of public and private affecting the specific rights of people or bodies
Royal Assent
Approval by the Queen
Arbitration
Disputes are decided by an arbitrator
Interlocutory Injunction
Temporary injunction
EU Justice/Human Rights
Justice - Luxembourg
Human Rights - Strasbourg
Head of Criminal
Lord Chief Justice
Summary Judgement
An obvious wrong
Hear Say
Out of court under oath
Per Incurium
Careless decision
Time for cases
Contract - 6
Health - 3
Latent
Hidden
Overriding Objective
All cases dealt with justly
White Paper
Statute proposed
Green Paper
Statute discussed
Statute
Written Law
Construction Academic Text
Keatings
AC
Appeal Case
CH
Chancellory Division
ER
English Report
Part 20 Claim
Bringing in a 3rd party
Irrebuttable Presumption
Law cannot be rebutted by evidence
Rebuttable Presumption
Assumption believed to be true unless someone comes to contest it
CPR Part 35
Deals with the conduct of experts and assessors
Jones Vs Kaney
Expert witness are now not immune from disputes
Barnett v Chelsea
Arsenic poisoning, would have died anyway
Donoghue v Stevenson
Duty of Care
Grant v Wool Mill
Duty of care + preach of warranty
