reasons for court hierarchy 11.5

Question 1

1st reason -

Answer 1

court hierarchy allowed for specialisation or expertise, with the courts developing expertise in dealing with the types of cases that come before them.

Question 2

2nd reason.

Answer 2

a court hierarchy enables parties to court case to appeal to a higher court if they are not satisfied with a decision made in a lower court. this means that if someone believe an error was made in court they can appeal to a higher court.

Question 3

3rd reason.

Answer 3

a court hierarchy is a necessary part of the doctrine of precedent (i.e law-making through courts) because the process of law-making through courts depends on a decision being made in a higher court that is binding on lower courts.

Question 4

4th reason.

Answer 4

a court hierarchy allows for administrative convenience. the courts have different jurisdictions to hear different matters, which allows smaller and minor cases (of which there are more) to be heard in the magistrate’s court and more complex and larger cases to be heard in the county court and supreme court.

Question 5

what courts are in the magistrates court??

Answer 5

Coroners court, koori court, family court, children’s court

Question 6

what are the 2 divisions of the supreme court?

Answer 6

Trial division and Appeals division