civil courts

Question 1

what are the two ways to solve a dispute

Answer 1

-using the civil courts
-alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

Question 2

how hears the initial trial (first hearing )

Answer 2

either the County Court or the High Court it depends on the money that is being claimed for.

Question 3

what is initial trials also known as

Answer 3

courts of first instance

Question 4

what is the civil court hierarchy

Answer 4

top:
-supreme court
-court of appeal
-high court-kings bench division
-county court

Question 5

where to civil trials take place in

Answer 5

either
the county court
or high court

Question 6

what are the tracks

Answer 6

high court (kings bench division)
county court multi-track
county court fast-track
county court small claims track

Question 7

what is the high court (kings bench division) claim and injury fees

Answer 7

claim above £100,000
personal injuries above £50,000

Question 8

what is county court multi-track fees

Answer 8

any claims not in the fast track or small claims track

Question 9

what is the county court fast-track fees

Answer 9

claims up to £25,000
personal injuries up to £50,000

Question 10

what is the county court small claims track fees

Answer 10

claims up to £10,000
personal injuries up to £1,000

Question 11

what is county court

Answer 11

it deals with civil (non-criminal) matters
civil courts arise where an individual or a business believes their rights have been infringed (wronged)

Question 12

what happens at the trial

Answer 12

parties can represent themselves or use barristers or solicitors to act on their behalf

Question 13

what is a district judge

Answer 13

a full-time judge who deals with the majority of cases in the county courts

Question 14

what is a circuit judge

Answer 14

a more senior judge to a district judge

Question 15

who are recorders

Answer 15

a judge who may sit in both crown court (criminal) and county court but must start by sitting in the crown court

Question 16

what is a sit for

Answer 16

to hold a session at court or perform an act that is judicial in nature

Question 17

who sits in the county court

Answer 17

district judge
circuit judge
recorders

Question 18

what power does high court have

Answer 18

it has power to hear any civil case and has three divisions. this is for administrative (paper work) purpose and to enable High court Judges to become specialists in a particular area of law

Question 19

what are the three high courts divisions

Answer 19

kings bench division
chancery division
family division

Question 20

what is the kings bench division

Answer 20

its main work is hearing cases involving contract and tort (negligent) cases.

Question 21

what is the chancery division

Answer 21

its the largest unit for handling business and property cases in the country
also deals with disputes matters such as land, wills and insolvency

Question 22

what is the family division

Answer 22

it deals with some aspects of divorce, children’s welfare and medicals treatments

Question 23

what does insolvency mean

Answer 23

when an individual or business cannot pay its debts. it is usually accompanied by having more liabilities than assets

Question 24

what does appellate (appead) courts mean

Answer 24

courts that hear appeals from first-instance decision