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• What are the two courts that deal with civil claims?

  County Court and the High Court
• Approximately, how many country courts are there in the UK?

  200
• Give some examples of some cases the county court deals with


  Bankruptcy

  Contract claims

  Tort claims
• What judge(s) hear a county court trail?

  A district OR a circuit judge
• Why might a circuit judge trial a case in the county court?

  The case may be more complex

  The case may be over £15,000
• How many high courts are there in the UK?

  There is one main high court in london

  However

  There are 26 regional courts which hear high court .cases
• What are the three divisions that the high court hold?

  1) Queen Bench Division

  2)Chancery

  3) Family court
• What type of cases do the Queens Bench Division (QB) usually deal with?

  Multi track cases
• What value of a claim does the QB deal wth

  Over £100,000
• The queen bench also spilts into two more courts, these are

  1) The admiralty court

  2)The commercial court
• The QB might also hear what other cases?

  Judicial review cases
• What is a judicial review?

  Judges review the decisions of Government ministers and local authorities
• What types of cases do the chancery deal with?

  Money related cases
• Give some examples of cases of what the chancery division might hear

  Land/property law

  Mortgage reinforcement

  Trust and probate
• How many judges hear a chancery division case?

  Only 1. Juries are never used in chancery trails
• What Act impacted the Family divison?

  Crime and Courts Act 2013
• What did the Crime and Courts Act 2013 impose to start in 2014?

  That the family division only deals with two types of cases
• What are the two types of cases that family division of the high court trial?

  1) Wardship/protection, when a child is made ward of the court

  2) Certain international cases concerning children
• What did the Crime and Courts Act of 2014 create?

  A new single family court that trials all over cases that the high courts used to hear.
• What is the pre trail procedure?

  1. Complete the N1 form

  2. Post the form and pays

  3.D receives and has to respond in 14 days

  4.D can either admit liability or make a counter offer

  5.If C does not accept D's counter claim they will go to ADR

  6)If ADR does not resolve the issue they have to fill out a questionnaire, the best court and judge will then be selected for the case

  7. They will go to court
• What are the three tracks in a civil court case?

  Small claims

  Fast Track

  Multi Track
• What is the small claims track used for?

  Straight forward claims up to the value of £10,000 and up to £1,00 for personal injury
• What are fast tracks used for?

  Cases with the value of £10,000 to £25,000. The trial depends to take place within 30-52 weeks
• What are multi track cases used for ?

  Cases that have the value of £25,000.
• What track is the most formal and a like court?

  The multi-track case
• List the hierarchy of civil court judges staring from the least superior

  District judge

  Circuit Judge

  High court Judge

  Court of Appeal Judge/ Lord justices of appeal

  Supreme court judges
• What are some basic evaluative points of the civil court?

  -Lack of legal aid

  -Cost, multi track cases can cause £££££ on lawyers

  -Fair

  -Legal expertise

  -Held in public
• What are tribunals?


  A fast, inexpensive way to resolve a case
• When are tribunals used?


  In relation to certain rights and disputes
• How many tiers are there within a tribunal?

  Two tiers

  First tier

  Upper tier
• What happens in a first tier tribunal case?

  They heat cases on fist instance social entitlement, taxation chamber and war pensions
• How many chambers are their in a first tier tribunal?

  7
• What types of cases do upper tribunals hear?

  Appeal
• Give on example of an upper tier chamber

  Land Chamber
• If a party does not agree with the ruling in an upper tier ruling can they appeal it?

  Yes, it would go to the Supreme Court of Appeal
• What are some basic evaluations of tribunals?

  -Cheap, people represent themselves

  -Informal, prevents stress

  -Lack of funding for tribunal cases

  -Quick hearings, people are heard in a very short peroid og time
• What are the three types of ADR?

  Arbitration

  Conciliation

  Meditation
• What is one difference between an mediator and a conciliator?

  A conciliator takes a more active role whereas a mediate sits back and lets the parties share their opinon to them. A mediator acts as a go between
• Is arbitration legally binding?

  Yes
• Is conciliation and mediation legally binding?

  No