Chapter 6: The courts structure and civil and criminal processes

A) DEFINITIONS

Please explain the meaning of the following terms, providing examples wherever appropriate.

1) Appellate courts

2) Adversarial

3) Bail

4) Appeal ‘by case stated’

5) Pre-action protocols

6) Youth court

7) Crown Prosecution Service

8) Alternative dispute resolution

9) Jurisdiction

10) Judicial review

B) DIFFERENCES

11) Explain, using one court example, how the role of a Divisional Court differs from that of the ordinary jurisdiction of the High Court divisions.

12) Identify the key difference in the way in which verdicts are given in criminal trials in the Crown Court as compared with those in the magistrates’ court.

C) LISTS

13) List the two divisions of the Court of Appeal.

14) List the three divisions of the High Court.

15) List and briefly explain the four main stages of criminal procedure (including appeals) that relate to indictable offences.

16) List the four main features of civil justice reform that followed the Woolf Inquiry into the civil justice system.

17) List the three categories of criminal offence that determine the criminal procedure to be followed in each case.

D) MISCELLANEOUS

18) Identify three courts with jurisdiction to hear proceedings relating to family matters.

19) Identify two routes of civil appeal from a judicial decision made at the High Court.

20) Identify and briefly explain the three tracks to which claims can be allocated in the civil claims procedure.

21) Identify the procedure that can be used when civil cases involve a potential conflict between UK law and EC law.