English legal system

Question 1

What does the English legal system involve?

Answer 1

• civil courts
• other forms of dispute resolution
• criminal courts
• lay people
• legal personnel
• access to justice

Question 2

In a small summary what are the 6 topics?

Answer 2

• civil courts - discusses the different types of court, pre-trial procedure, jurisdictions, the 3 track system
• other forms of dispute resolution - ADR (mediation, negotiation, conciliation, arbitration)
• criminal courts - criminal process: jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s court and crown court, classification of offences and pre-trial procedures
• lay people - Qualifications, roles, selection, advantages and disadvantages
• legal personnel - Barristers, solicitors and legal executives, roles and regulations of these professions, judiciary role, separation of powers and independence, evaluation
• access to justice - Gov funding for civil and criminal cases, evaluation to access to justice