Criminal trials take place in either the magistrates’ courts or the crown courts. Summary offences: These are the least serious offences and are heard in the magistrates’ court. They include assault‚ battery‚ most driving offences such as driving without insurance and minor criminal damage up to the value of £5.000 Either-way offences: These are middle of the range offences such as theft or ABH and can be tried in the magistrates’ court by a magistrate or in the crown court heard by a judge and
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Structure of Judiciary of Bangladesh Judiciary of Bangladesh comprises the Supreme Court and Subordinate courts. Following discussion will illustrate structure of both: Supreme Court of Bangladesh: Supreme Court has two divisions: 1) Appellate division 2) High Court division. Judges of Appellate division and High Court: Chief justice and the judges appointed to the appellate division sit only at
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court visit and its general role in the English Legal system. The court visited was ‘Uxbridge Magistrates Court and Uxbridge Youth Court’‚ which is managed by the ministry of justice. The magistrates’ court is one of the courts at the lowest level of court hierarchy. It deals with offences with are regarded as less serious offences. Cases in the magistrates ’ courts are usually heard by a panel of magistrates (Justices of the Peace). This court must normally be composed of not more than three justices
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across which I hunt back and forth seeking entry. Is this how her torturers felt hunting their secret‚ whatever they thought it was?" - pg.43. One of the central figures in J. M. Coetzee’s "Waiting for the Barbarians" is the barbarian girl. The Magistrate finds the girl maimed and nearly blind after being interrogated and tortured by the ruthless Colonel Joll‚ and takes her in. The Magistrate’s relationship with the girl revolves around his search for the girl’s significance; he questions her about
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This task is an extension of the content discussed in p4 where i discussed the role of lay people. Also i described the background of magistrates and jury. I also talked about formal requirements‚ qualifications‚ restrictions‚ selection and training to become part of the magistrates. Also explained what is needed to become part of the jury for example the eligibility‚ what disqualifications which will restrict you‚ and discretionary excusals. in this assignment to meet the criteria i will need to
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(Gallagher). J.M Coetzee’s novel Waiting for the Barbarian represents torture in a contextual‚ and metaphorical way that pushes the boundaries of this topic. Coetzee represents torture through the use of the protagonist‚ the Magistrate as an allegory for
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role of Magistrates and Jurors are similar in ways of characteristics needed; for example both must be aged 18-70 and those who are in the police or have previous criminal convictions are ruled out. The selection process is however very different‚ the Lord Chancellor will appoint lay magistrates on behalf of the queen whereas jurors are selected by an electoral register for the area in which the court is situated and is done by a computer at the Central Summoning Bureau. Lay Magistrates are unpaid
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judges‚ juries and magistrates is that magistrates are people from the public that are unpaid‚ an unqualified volunteer and has had no legal training. However‚ judges are professionals that are qualified and have been legal experts of many years standing. A jury is a panel of citizens who are not experts on law/legal system. A magistrate is a volunteer who sit in their local magistrates’ court dealing with a wide range of less serious criminal cases and civil matters. Magistrates usually sit on a bench
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cases it would be the Magistrates Court where they would be bailed with strict bail conditions or left in custody. For civil cases the court of first instance is the Small Claims Court for under £5‚000 being claimed‚ County Court for under £25‚000 or Court of Appeal for £25‚000+. Criminal Court structure * Criminal law hierarchy * Magistrate’s Court This court deals with mainly criminal cases but rarely civil cases. All criminal cases start off in the Magistrates’ Court and are heard
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Hierarchy Courts of Subordinate Courts in Malaysia *“Subordinate Court” means any inferior court from the decisions of which by reason of any written law‚ there is a right of appeal to the High Court and includes any Court of a Magistrate of the Third Class established under the Subordinate Courts Ordinances of Sabah [Sabah Cap. 29] and Subordinate Courts Ordinance of Sarawak [Swk. Cap. 42]; and means‚ in relation to the High Court‚ any such Court as by any written law has jurisdiction within
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