Civil Courts Flashcards
What are the two civil courts?
-County Court
-High court (more expensive/complicated)
What is a formal civil court case known as?
Litigation.
What is the maximum claim in a county court?
-Less than 100K
-But it can be more if both parties agree.
Which three types of judges hear cases in a county court?
-Circuit judges
-District judges
-Recorder (part time) judges.
What does the county court not have the authority to deal with?
Defamation cases
What does the county court generically look at?
Civil cases involving contract, tort,and family disputes (up to 30k)
How many people can a county court use on RARE occasion.
8.
What does the high court hear?
-Expensive
-Multitrack
-Usually above 50k
5 types of the high court?
-High court ordinary
-Family division
-Family court
-Chancery division
-Kings Bench division
What is the high court ordinary?
Non-specialist court.
What is the family division?
-divorce
-welfare of children
What is the family court?
-Has powers of high court and county court
-Family cases when appropriate
-created by crime and courts act 2013.
What is the chancery division?
-company law
-tax
-insolvency
-intellectual property
-trusts.
What is the kings bench division?
-headed by the Lord Chief Justice
-contract and tort.
- A jury of 12 people may be used in cases of malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and defamation cases.
-Judicial review here.
