The civil courts: Appeals, Tracks and general outline

Question 1

What are the two civil courts?

Answer 1

1. The county court

2. The high court

Question 2

What kind of judge sits in the county court?

Answer 2

A circuit or a district judge

Question 3

Is a circuit or district judge more senior?

Answer 3

A circuit judge

Question 4

What kind of judge sits in the high court?

Answer 4

A high court judge

Question 5

What is the county court’s jurisdiction?

Name 3 things it deals with

Answer 5

1. Contract law
2. Tort law
3. Trusts up to £350k

Question 6

Name the high court’s 3 divisions

Answer 6

1. Queen’s bench division
2. Family
3. Chancery

Question 7

True or false: The QBD deals with claims smaller than £100k if they are complex

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The QBD deals with contract and tort cases over ____

Answer 8

£100k

Question 9

The family division deals with ____ family matters

Answer 9

International

Question 10

The chancery division deals with issues such as ___ for companies

Answer 10

Insolvency

Question 11

If a trust fund is worth over £350k which division will it go to?

Answer 11

The chancery division

Question 12

The ____ division deals with copyright

Answer 12

Chancery

Question 13

The small claims track deals with claims for up to £10k in general and ____ for personal injury

Answer 13

£1000

Question 14

The small claims track deals with claims for up to ___ in general and £1000 for personal injury

Answer 14

£10,000

Question 15

Cases allocated to the small claims track will be allocated to a circuit judge. True or false?

Answer 15

False- If a case is allocated to the small claims track it will be heard by a district judge

Question 16

Will a case allocated to the small claims track involve lawyers?

Answer 16

No.

Question 17

A small claims case is heard by which court?

Answer 17

The county court

Question 18

If a claim is worth £10-25k which track will it be allocated to?

Answer 18

The fast track

Question 19

If a claim is worth over 25k which track will it be allocated to?

Answer 19

The multi-track

Question 20

Who will hear a multi-track claim?

Answer 20

A high court judge or a circuit judge

Question 21

On what two conditions would the QBD hear a personal injury claim that is worth less than 100k?

Answer 21

1. It is worth more than £50k

2. It is complex

Question 22

The tracks were the result of the civil___rules that were created in 199_

Answer 22

Civil procedure rules

Created in 1990

Question 23

If someone is injured and their claim is worth £3000, which track is it allocated.

Answer 23

Fast. Small claims only deal with personal injury claims up to £1000

Question 24

Circuit judges can deal with cases allocated to which two tracks

Answer 24

1. Fast

2. Multi

Question 25

Lawyers may be involved in cases allocated to which two tracks?

Answer 25

1. Multi | 2. Fast

Question 26

The county court deals with fast track cases. True or false?

Answer 26

True

Question 27

A complex tort case worth £16k will be 1. Allocated to which court? 2. Allocated to which track? 3. Allocated to what kind of judge?

Answer 27

1. The county court 2. The fast track 3. A circuit judge

Question 28

Trusts up to ___ are dealt with in the county court

Answer 28

£350,000

Question 29

What is an appeal court called?

Answer 29

An appellate court