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What are the civil courts?
County court and high court
What is the role of the civil court?
To uphold the rights of the individual. Civil courts hear cases covering Tort law, Contract law, Family law, Employment law, and Company law
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The legal system
and Criminal law
What are the civil courts? - answer County
court and high court
What is the role of the civil court? - answer To
uphold the rights of the individual. Civil courts
hear cases covering Tort law, Contract law,
Family law, Employment law, and Company
law
,What cases are heard in the county court? -
answer Cases are heard by circuit or district
judges, they hear all tort and contract claims,
all cases for recovery of land, and disputes
over equitable matters such as trusts up to a
value of £350,000
What punishments can the civil courts give? -
answer Reimbursement/Punitive charges
How are decisions reached in the civil courts?
- answer Preponderance (balance of
liabilities)
What cases are heard in the high court? -
answer Has 3 specialised divisions, all of
which hear cases at first instance and appeal
cases from the county court
What cases do the Queen's bench division of
the high court hear? - answer Tort and
contract cases with a value over £100,000
and any minor claim that involves an
,important point of law. Juries appear in cases
of fraud, libel, slander, malicious prosecution,
and false imprisonment
What cases do the chancery division of the
high court hear? - answer Deals with all other
civil cases (insolvency, mortgage,
repossessions, trust property disputes,
copyright, patents, probates, trademarks).
Juries are never used.
What cases do the family division of the high
court hear? - answer International cases
involving The Hague Convention and disputes
about which country's laws should apply are
heard here. Since the Crime and Courts Act
(2013), many less serious cases are now dealt
with in the family court
How will a track system be allocated? -
answer The district judge or the Master judge
decide which track the case will be allocated
to upon receipt of the allocation questionnaire
, (claimants give details of their case and the
compensation they want to receive
What cases are allocated to a "small claims"
track system? - answer Disputes under
£10,000 and personal injury cases under
£1,000. Clients represent themselves and
cannot claim solicitor costs from the other
side as it is a personal decision to use one
What cases are allocated to a "fast track"
system? - answer Claims between £10,000
and £25,000. Court adheres strictly to ADR to
ensure time is cut. The aim is to hear the case
within 30 weeks. The cases are heard by
circuit judges, on a hearing that lasts one day,
with only 1 expert allowed.
What cases are allocated to a "multi-track"
system? - answer Cases over £25,000 and
complex cases. The judge deals with the
procedural steps without the need for the
parties to attend. Under the track system, the
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