Acts (all topics)

Question 1

ALL ACTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Answer 1

Administration of Justice Act 1985
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
Access to Justice Act 1999
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
Legal Services Act 2007

Question 2

Access to Justice Act 1999

Answer 2

Section 55 of this means that further appeal can happen in cases of national importance or for a compelling reason.

Question 3

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

Answer 3

Reformed the tribunal system and simplified its previously complex structure.

Question 4

Administration of Justice Act 1985

Answer 4

There are now licenced conveyances who aren’t solicitors.

Question 5

Legal Services Act 2007

Answer 5

Alternate business structures:
- Legal businesses can include lawyers & non lawyers
- Solicitors & barristers
- Owned by non-lawyers
- Operate as companies if they have a license, first given out in 2012

Question 6

Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

Answer 6

Allowed solicitors to apply to be solicitor advocates provided they have experience in lower courts and pass the exam - rights in all courts.

Question 7

Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Answer 7

Reforms the HoL into the UKSC. S3 states that the state must not seek to influence judges (independence from the executive).