ELS Flashcards
1
Q
The role of civil courts of first instance
County and high
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County- 200 of these. Gov plan to close 50. Case heard by circuit/district judge. Rare jury in defamation cases. Main cases are contract/tort/recovery of land/dispute over equitable matters like trusts over £350,000
High court- based in London but also has judges sitting in courts in towns and cities throughly England and Wales. It is divided into three divisions:
