Social media, like the platforms from which it is delivered, appears to be ever-evolving and becoming more complex. It is a phenomenon that, in many ways, is difficult to define. Most simply, it refers to a kind of social...
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When we study Roman as well as Anglo-American legal history, we find it to be true as a general proposition that the most far-reaching changes and fundamental innovation in the structure and fabric of the law were brought about,...
What is the Crown Court? The Crown Court – unlike the magistrates’ courts, it is a single entity – sits in 77 court centres across England and Wales. It deals with serious criminal cases which include: Cases sent for...
Cases Before Magistrates’ Virtually all criminal court cases start in a magistrates’ court, and around 95% will be completed there. The more serious offences are passed on to the Crown Court, either for sentencing after the defendant has been...
What the Family Court deals with: The Family Court handles: parental disputes over the upbringing of children local authority intervention to protect children decrees relating to divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership financial support for children after...
Original jurisdiction was primarily civil. It did not gain jurisdiction over criminal appeals until the Court of Criminal Appeal’s jurisdiction was transferred to it under the Criminal Appeal Act 1966.
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The media often reports on the progress and outcome of court cases, as well as upon their views on a judge’s performance in particular cases or in general. This form of accountability allows scrutiny through the media of individual...
What makes a good judge? Lord Judge, the former Lord Chief Justice, speaking at Equality in Justice Day, October 2008: “[When taking the judicial oath, judges and magistrates swear] ‘To do right to all manner of people after the...
Appeals process For those who do not win their case, there is normally a right of appeal. However, this is based purely on the decision reached in the case. How to appeal If you are unhappy about the decision made...
There are four main types, the toughest of which is prison. This is used when a crime is so serious, or an offender’s record is so bad, no other sentence will do. Offenders will normally spend half their sentence in...
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