The civil courts: Appeals, Tracks and general outline Flashcards
What are the two civil courts?
- The county court
2. The high court
What kind of judge sits in the county court?
A circuit or a district judge
Is a circuit or district judge more senior?
A circuit judge
What kind of judge sits in the high court?
A high court judge
What is the county court’s jurisdiction?
Name 3 things it deals with
- Contract law
- Tort law
- Trusts up to £350k
Name the high court’s 3 divisions
- Queen’s bench division
- Family
- Chancery
True or false: The QBD deals with claims smaller than £100k if they are complex
True
The QBD deals with contract and tort cases over ____
£100k
The family division deals with ____ family matters
International
The chancery division deals with issues such as ___ for companies
Insolvency
If a trust fund is worth over £350k which division will it go to?
The chancery division
The ____ division deals with copyright
Chancery
The small claims track deals with claims for up to £10k in general and ____ for personal injury
£1000
The small claims track deals with claims for up to ___ in general and £1000 for personal injury
£10,000
Cases allocated to the small claims track will be allocated to a circuit judge. True or false?
False- If a case is allocated to the small claims track it will be heard by a district judge